Comments on: WAGES AND CLASS IN IRELAND: AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SURVEY, 2007 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/07/12/wages-and-class-in-ireland-an-analysis-of-the-national-employment-survey-2007/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Irish Left Review · Penthouses, Basements and Nervous Sitting Rooms: July 14th The Recession Diaries http://dublinopinion.com/2009/07/12/wages-and-class-in-ireland-an-analysis-of-the-national-employment-survey-2007/#comment-70404 Irish Left Review · Penthouses, Basements and Nervous Sitting Rooms: July 14th The Recession Diaries Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:51:25 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/07/12/wages-and-class-in-ireland-an-analysis-of-the-national-employment-survey-2007/#comment-70404 [...] at Dublin Opinion, Conor McCabe is continuing his excellent analysis of contemporary class relations, this time using the [...] […] at Dublin Opinion, Conor McCabe is continuing his excellent analysis of contemporary class relations, this time using the […]

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2009/07/12/wages-and-class-in-ireland-an-analysis-of-the-national-employment-survey-2007/#comment-70397 Conor McCabe Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:08:12 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/07/12/wages-and-class-in-ireland-an-analysis-of-the-national-employment-survey-2007/#comment-70397 Cheers Sonofstan. We're getting all this stuff about how the Irish have to tighten their belts, but we're never told how 50% of the working population are supposed to buy a house and raise a family - with all the privatized costs of health, housing, education, child-minding - with jobs paying €340 to €560 per week. Mortgage repayments alone on an average house these days are, what, €250 to €400 per week? And that's just housing. Cheers Sonofstan. We’re getting all this stuff about how the Irish have to tighten their belts, but we’re never told how 50% of the working population are supposed to buy a house and raise a family - with all the privatized costs of health, housing, education, child-minding - with jobs paying €340 to €560 per week. Mortgage repayments alone on an average house these days are, what, €250 to €400 per week? And that’s just housing.

]]> By: sonofstan http://dublinopinion.com/2009/07/12/wages-and-class-in-ireland-an-analysis-of-the-national-employment-survey-2007/#comment-70396 sonofstan Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:44:25 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/07/12/wages-and-class-in-ireland-an-analysis-of-the-national-employment-survey-2007/#comment-70396 Great stuff, Conor. it seem that 20th/21st century Ireland has evolved a counter poor-mouth syndrome - instead of going on about how downtrodden and skint we are, we all pretend to me much better off than is in fact the case, both personally and nationally. Great stuff, Conor.

it seem that 20th/21st century Ireland has evolved a counter poor-mouth syndrome - instead of going on about how downtrodden and skint we are, we all pretend to me much better off than is in fact the case, both personally and nationally.

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