What nicer place could one be in the beginning of November than Listowel in County Kerry. You wouldn't need any excuse to be there but the Listowel Food Fair adds another tasteful reason.
The longest running food festival in Ireland, it was first held in 1995 to celebrate Irish food and its producers. This hugely popular event is organised by a dedicated voluntary committee, which this year they have created another jam-packed programme with something to suit everyone. It runs from the 5th to the 8th November.
The launch night celebrity chef is Kevin Dundon of Dunbrody House, Wexford. Kevin is well known from his TV appearances on The Afternoon Show, Gorilla Gourmet and Heat cookery programmes.
Following the opening night awards ceremony - which includes the National Farmhouse Cheese of the Year, the best New Food Product and the Irish Food Book of the Year - Kevin will give a cookery demonstration. He will also host a special coffee morning on Saturday when he will chat about food and sign copies of his latest book ‘Great Family Food’.
New for the 2009 Fair is the ‘Kerry Just Ask! Restaurant of the Year’ competition. Open to all restaurants in Kerry, Just Ask! is a public awareness campaign that aims to encourage consumers to look for information on where the food (particularly meat) on their plate comes from and to encourage chefs to provide this information on their menus.
Other items on this year’s programme include children's workshops, organic farming classes, Start your own Food Business seminar, a food trail, cake decorating workshops, farming seminars and more. Sunday’s annual Food and Craft market takes place from 10am to 5.30pm and the Fair finishes later that evening with a wine tasting event.
Some one just ask me and I will go!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The rat rattles on still!
So Bertie launches his book all about the wonderful fellow he is and how he brought prosperity to the country and all dat!
He had only left the job when the place fell into disarray! Jaayus! You can't trust anyone else with doing your job - they'll only make a balls of it! You have to do it yourself!
The little rat was on the Late Late Show recently, muttering about how he would have done things differently and inferring if he was in power, we would all be living in gilded prosperity.
This from the asshole that blew 10 years of massive tax income and blew it all on the public service unions and his vanity projects. Now he wants to be President! Well at least he'll have no power in that role but we would be some bunch of fools to allow him into the house in the Park.
He and his cronies have created an Ireland that has a divided society and cooked up the perfect recipe for a revolution. And a revolution there will be - have no doubt!
When it happens, the first house that should be burned is the one Bertie didn't pay for in Drumcondra. The second one should be wherever that bearded binman of a union leader, Jack O'Connor, lives.
Then again, knowing the form of Bertie in having a love affair with the unions, you might be lucky enough to find the pair of them in the one house in the one bed!
It would save a bit of petrol in these recessionary times!
He had only left the job when the place fell into disarray! Jaayus! You can't trust anyone else with doing your job - they'll only make a balls of it! You have to do it yourself!
The little rat was on the Late Late Show recently, muttering about how he would have done things differently and inferring if he was in power, we would all be living in gilded prosperity.
This from the asshole that blew 10 years of massive tax income and blew it all on the public service unions and his vanity projects. Now he wants to be President! Well at least he'll have no power in that role but we would be some bunch of fools to allow him into the house in the Park.
He and his cronies have created an Ireland that has a divided society and cooked up the perfect recipe for a revolution. And a revolution there will be - have no doubt!
When it happens, the first house that should be burned is the one Bertie didn't pay for in Drumcondra. The second one should be wherever that bearded binman of a union leader, Jack O'Connor, lives.
Then again, knowing the form of Bertie in having a love affair with the unions, you might be lucky enough to find the pair of them in the one house in the one bed!
It would save a bit of petrol in these recessionary times!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Eddie O'Connor's wisdom
Dr Eddie O’Connor, one of Ireland’s leading serial green entrepreneurs today delivered the 70th NovaUCD ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminar.
The aim of the ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminars, which are organised by NovaUCD in association with the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board, is to promote a spirit of entrepreneurship among the academic, research and student population at UCD. Dr O’Connor today launched the 13th seminar series which has a clean-tech theme.
Dr Eddie O’Connor is founder and CEO of Mainstream Renewable Power whose global vision is to develop, construct and operate a range of renewable energy plants using wind energy, solar thermal and ocean currents. The company, which was established in 2008, has raised €72 million in funding including a €20 million investment from Barclays Capital. Dr O’Connor was previously the founder and CEO of Airtricity Holdings Ltd, a global leader in renewable energy development and wind farm operations.
Before that Eddie was a public servant! Can you believe that?
Well, it is true and there are many in Ireland who are glad that he left the ranks of the public service, even relatively late, and went on to do create wonderfully innovative companies.
His insight for would-be entrepreneurs was that, “In a world dominated by sectional interests, entrepreneurs flourish by taking a customer focused ethical stance and are the living embodiment of the values they espouse.”
The remaining guest speakers in the current series, which take place each Wednesday lunch time (1 pm – 1:50 pm) until November 11 are; Dr Peter Daly, co-founder, Cleantech Ireland (October 21), Tom Marren, MD, Combined Energy Solutions (October 28) and Dr Hugh Henry, Director of Innovation and R&D, Bord na Móna (November 4).
At the last seminar (November 11) a panel including André Fernon, co-founder, SolarPrint, Andrew Parish, CEO, Wavebob and John Travers, CEO, Alternative Energy Resources will share their experiences of Enterprise Ireland’s first dedicated clean-tech trade mission to Silicon Valley which ended recently.
The seminars, which are free to attend, take place in NovaUCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 and attendance is open to all.
Speaking at the launch of the current seminar series, Dr Pat Frain, Director, NovaUCD, said, “Given the current economic climate it is not surprising that the ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminars are attracting large and diverse audiences. The establishment of new high-tech ventures is vitally important in transferring research-generated intellectual property into the market place and creating sustainable knowledge-intensive jobs. Given UCD’s research strengths in clean-tech it is not surprising that it has spun-out many clean-tech ventures over the last two decades.”
At the NovaUCD ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminars the guest entrepreneurs talk about their experiences of setting-up and running their businesses and reveal the secrets of their success. They also emphasise the lessons learned and the highs and lows encountered along their entrepreneurial journeys.
Michael Johnson, CEO, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board said, “The ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminar series is a hugely successful collaboration between our organisation and NovaUCD. By talking openly about their experiences as entrepreneurs, the featured business owners give audiences a valuable insight into the commercial and personal challenges that arise when starting and growing a venture.” He added that, “particularly in the current economic circumstances, there is an urgent need for entrepreneurship to be promoted as a viable career choice and as a means to put Ireland back on the path to growth.”
Previous NovaUCD ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ guest speakers include; Anne Heraty, CPL Group; Colm Lyon, Realex Payments; Eamonn Fallon, Daft.ie; Sean Gallagher, Smarthomes and Dr John Teeling, Cooley Distillery.
The launch of the 13th NovaUCD ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminar series was part of Innovation Dublin 2009, a week long festival of events to showcase, highlight, promote and encourage innovation and creativity in Dublin and runs from 14 to 20 October.
The aim of the ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminars, which are organised by NovaUCD in association with the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board, is to promote a spirit of entrepreneurship among the academic, research and student population at UCD. Dr O’Connor today launched the 13th seminar series which has a clean-tech theme.
Dr Eddie O’Connor is founder and CEO of Mainstream Renewable Power whose global vision is to develop, construct and operate a range of renewable energy plants using wind energy, solar thermal and ocean currents. The company, which was established in 2008, has raised €72 million in funding including a €20 million investment from Barclays Capital. Dr O’Connor was previously the founder and CEO of Airtricity Holdings Ltd, a global leader in renewable energy development and wind farm operations.
Before that Eddie was a public servant! Can you believe that?
Well, it is true and there are many in Ireland who are glad that he left the ranks of the public service, even relatively late, and went on to do create wonderfully innovative companies.
His insight for would-be entrepreneurs was that, “In a world dominated by sectional interests, entrepreneurs flourish by taking a customer focused ethical stance and are the living embodiment of the values they espouse.”
The remaining guest speakers in the current series, which take place each Wednesday lunch time (1 pm – 1:50 pm) until November 11 are; Dr Peter Daly, co-founder, Cleantech Ireland (October 21), Tom Marren, MD, Combined Energy Solutions (October 28) and Dr Hugh Henry, Director of Innovation and R&D, Bord na Móna (November 4).
At the last seminar (November 11) a panel including André Fernon, co-founder, SolarPrint, Andrew Parish, CEO, Wavebob and John Travers, CEO, Alternative Energy Resources will share their experiences of Enterprise Ireland’s first dedicated clean-tech trade mission to Silicon Valley which ended recently.
The seminars, which are free to attend, take place in NovaUCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 and attendance is open to all.
Speaking at the launch of the current seminar series, Dr Pat Frain, Director, NovaUCD, said, “Given the current economic climate it is not surprising that the ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminars are attracting large and diverse audiences. The establishment of new high-tech ventures is vitally important in transferring research-generated intellectual property into the market place and creating sustainable knowledge-intensive jobs. Given UCD’s research strengths in clean-tech it is not surprising that it has spun-out many clean-tech ventures over the last two decades.”
At the NovaUCD ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminars the guest entrepreneurs talk about their experiences of setting-up and running their businesses and reveal the secrets of their success. They also emphasise the lessons learned and the highs and lows encountered along their entrepreneurial journeys.
Michael Johnson, CEO, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board said, “The ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminar series is a hugely successful collaboration between our organisation and NovaUCD. By talking openly about their experiences as entrepreneurs, the featured business owners give audiences a valuable insight into the commercial and personal challenges that arise when starting and growing a venture.” He added that, “particularly in the current economic circumstances, there is an urgent need for entrepreneurship to be promoted as a viable career choice and as a means to put Ireland back on the path to growth.”
Previous NovaUCD ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ guest speakers include; Anne Heraty, CPL Group; Colm Lyon, Realex Payments; Eamonn Fallon, Daft.ie; Sean Gallagher, Smarthomes and Dr John Teeling, Cooley Distillery.
The launch of the 13th NovaUCD ‘Entrepreneurs Live!’ seminar series was part of Innovation Dublin 2009, a week long festival of events to showcase, highlight, promote and encourage innovation and creativity in Dublin and runs from 14 to 20 October.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Let's have a more positive Ireland!
So the farmers are protesting now, blocking the country with tractors. What good will that do? The sympathy that existed for them will evaporate very quickly when people who want to get to work cannot do so or when those going to a doctor are blocked from getting there by a protest that has nothing to do with them.
Last week it was the students, next week the unions and so on and so forth. When will it stop?
Ireland is in free fall and all we can do is rail against society for our own parochial interests instead of getting together and acting positively to save the country.
We ignore the power of common purpose and positivity. We are anti-everything. Our actions are akin to throwing buckets of water into the lifeboats instead of out.
Mother Theresa put it well: "I will never go to an anti-war rally but show me a peace rally and I will be there"
Last week it was the students, next week the unions and so on and so forth. When will it stop?
Ireland is in free fall and all we can do is rail against society for our own parochial interests instead of getting together and acting positively to save the country.
We ignore the power of common purpose and positivity. We are anti-everything. Our actions are akin to throwing buckets of water into the lifeboats instead of out.
Mother Theresa put it well: "I will never go to an anti-war rally but show me a peace rally and I will be there"
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Look Around Ireland launch Forgotten Irish campaign
www.lookaroundireland.com is launching the Look Around Ireland Trust Forgotten Irish campaign following the broadcasting of a documentary The Forgotten Irish by TV3, which highlighted the unfortunate plight of many Irish emigrants to the UK and the USA.
Many, many young people left Ireland to work in the UK in the 40's and 50's because of the desperate economic times in Ireland. The men worked mainly as labourers on building sites and motorway construction projects. The women worked in hospitals, factories and offices, mostly in menial positions, The majority of them settled into a normal life, some returning home to Ireland and some remaining in the UK, where they raised their families.
However, for a considerable amount of those emigrants, life was far from normal. Many of the people who immigrated to the UK had been inmates of Irish institutions where they had been abused and mistreated. They effectively used the United Kingdom as a refugee bolt hole to escape from the horrors of the orphanages and schools in which they were incarcerated. They were very young and emotionally ill equipped to settle down and establish a life in a new unwelcoming environment.
They lived out their lives in the lonely isolation of anonymous boarding houses with their only solace being the dubious companion of drink
Many never married and most had relationships that failed for reasons of constant relocation, as they followed the work opportunities from one end of the country to the other. Many ended up homeless, sleeping on the streets and dying lonely deaths in back alleys and doorways.
Although the TV3 documentary, The Forgotten Irish, focused on Britain, there are many similar stories in the USA as well, particularly in New York and Boston. Here again you have people who slipped through the monitoring processes of the welfare agencies and lived out lives of self-neglect, victims of alcohol and drugs abuse who lost all contact with their home country and relations.
Those who survived are now in their twilight years, impoverished and invisible to the system of care. They live lonely lives, in atrocious conditions brought about by their inability to make some provision for their old age when working. They are the polar opposite to the many noted successful Irish emigrants who made it big in the UK and the USA.
The website is creating an online social network community that will appeal to people with Irish connections all over the world to assist in raising funds.
“This is akin to a Facebook for the Irish Diaspora”, said John Mc Keown, director of www.lookaroundireland.com, whose own father was one of the many who left Ireland for England in the 1940’s and who eventually returned home to settle in Ireland.
“In a bid to help the people, we are organizing the Look Around Ireland Trust for Forgotten Irish campaign, an online community network, where we hope to sign up one million people before St. Patrick’s Day 2010. It's free to sign up, but we would hope that people would consider donating just €1 when joining the Community”.
www.lookaroundireland.com has a target of reaching €1,000,000 by St Patricks Day 2010 to give to worthy charities that offer services to these marginalized Irish and they of course would welcome any donation, big or small, in excess of the €1 figure.
The two selected charities are Safe-Home Ireland and the Ireland Fund of Great Britain.
Safe-Home Ireland, run by Dr. Jerry Crowley, is located at the St Brendan’s Village Centre in Mulranny, Co. Mayo. They organize the return of older Irish people to live out their lives in their assisted living centre, to which they are adding an extension to cater for the demand there is from people using the facilities. At present, the organization has 1,037 people on a waiting list.
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain, which is running the Forgotten Irish Campaign in Great Britain, headed by Hugo McNeill, offers similar facilities for re-settling people in Britain and Ireland.
www.lookaroundireland.com are also actively looking for sponsors to assist with costs and appeal to successful Irish businesses to help the cause, whilst being acutely aware of the difficult times that exist for all in Ireland at present.
Donations can be securely made through the site via Paypal to Wren Innovations Ltd (the websites registered business name) or to AIB Bank Drogheda Branch, Account No: 46579059, Sort Code 93-20-94.
Visit www.lookaroundireland.com/forgottenirish.htm
Many, many young people left Ireland to work in the UK in the 40's and 50's because of the desperate economic times in Ireland. The men worked mainly as labourers on building sites and motorway construction projects. The women worked in hospitals, factories and offices, mostly in menial positions, The majority of them settled into a normal life, some returning home to Ireland and some remaining in the UK, where they raised their families.
However, for a considerable amount of those emigrants, life was far from normal. Many of the people who immigrated to the UK had been inmates of Irish institutions where they had been abused and mistreated. They effectively used the United Kingdom as a refugee bolt hole to escape from the horrors of the orphanages and schools in which they were incarcerated. They were very young and emotionally ill equipped to settle down and establish a life in a new unwelcoming environment.
They lived out their lives in the lonely isolation of anonymous boarding houses with their only solace being the dubious companion of drink
Many never married and most had relationships that failed for reasons of constant relocation, as they followed the work opportunities from one end of the country to the other. Many ended up homeless, sleeping on the streets and dying lonely deaths in back alleys and doorways.
Although the TV3 documentary, The Forgotten Irish, focused on Britain, there are many similar stories in the USA as well, particularly in New York and Boston. Here again you have people who slipped through the monitoring processes of the welfare agencies and lived out lives of self-neglect, victims of alcohol and drugs abuse who lost all contact with their home country and relations.
Those who survived are now in their twilight years, impoverished and invisible to the system of care. They live lonely lives, in atrocious conditions brought about by their inability to make some provision for their old age when working. They are the polar opposite to the many noted successful Irish emigrants who made it big in the UK and the USA.
The website is creating an online social network community that will appeal to people with Irish connections all over the world to assist in raising funds.
“This is akin to a Facebook for the Irish Diaspora”, said John Mc Keown, director of www.lookaroundireland.com, whose own father was one of the many who left Ireland for England in the 1940’s and who eventually returned home to settle in Ireland.
“In a bid to help the people, we are organizing the Look Around Ireland Trust for Forgotten Irish campaign, an online community network, where we hope to sign up one million people before St. Patrick’s Day 2010. It's free to sign up, but we would hope that people would consider donating just €1 when joining the Community”.
www.lookaroundireland.com has a target of reaching €1,000,000 by St Patricks Day 2010 to give to worthy charities that offer services to these marginalized Irish and they of course would welcome any donation, big or small, in excess of the €1 figure.
The two selected charities are Safe-Home Ireland and the Ireland Fund of Great Britain.
Safe-Home Ireland, run by Dr. Jerry Crowley, is located at the St Brendan’s Village Centre in Mulranny, Co. Mayo. They organize the return of older Irish people to live out their lives in their assisted living centre, to which they are adding an extension to cater for the demand there is from people using the facilities. At present, the organization has 1,037 people on a waiting list.
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain, which is running the Forgotten Irish Campaign in Great Britain, headed by Hugo McNeill, offers similar facilities for re-settling people in Britain and Ireland.
www.lookaroundireland.com are also actively looking for sponsors to assist with costs and appeal to successful Irish businesses to help the cause, whilst being acutely aware of the difficult times that exist for all in Ireland at present.
Donations can be securely made through the site via Paypal to Wren Innovations Ltd (the websites registered business name) or to AIB Bank Drogheda Branch, Account No: 46579059, Sort Code 93-20-94.
Visit www.lookaroundireland.com/forgottenirish.htm
Thursday, October 8, 2009
This is the real world, Peter!
It is impossible to drive through any city in Ireland now without encountering a protest of some kind or other. Everybody is protesting,against multiple unfortunate events befalling them, blocking the streets to the few remaining people that actually work in this country.
The students of Ireland are the latest to embark on nationwide protests.
The Union of Students in Ireland will hold a succession of protests on college campuses around the south of Ireland as part of its campaign against the reintroduction of fees.
Protests will be held by University College Cork, the Limerick School of Art and Design and the Institutes of Technologies in Carlow, Limerick Tralee and Waterford from October 7 – 14.
Hundreds of students, representing their individual colleges, will come out to voice their opposition to the reintroduction of fees at each event. A host of local TD's have also been invited to speak at the rallies.
Well students have always protested through the generations about something or other. It is practically a rite of passage.When you look back on RTE's Reeling in the Years, you will see the student leaders of yesteryear protesting. Most are now TD's or ministers in Government!
The very busy USI President, Peter Mannion, said solemnly:
“The students of Ireland want a winter of change. If the current crop of Irish politicians decide to reintroduce third level fees, the youth of this country will suffer greatly"
A winter of change for the students? What! No drink, no drugs or no mad sex? No skipping lectures? No texts to Mum or Dad looking for more money for booze, sorry, books?
Peter goes on: "The students did not create our economic problems, yet it is their futures that are at stake. The education of current and future generations should not be sacrificed to bail out the foolish spending of the Government.
The students of this nation are angry with proposals to tax education through tuition fees. This Government should be investing in education to secure the country’s recovery from the recession".
Well said, Peter! You have all the makings of a future leader of this country.
And for those who don't know, Peter's position as USI leader is a full time paid job with expenses. A bit like John O'Donoghue's job in the Dail when you think about it!
As Miley in Glenroe might say, "Will get up the feckin yard Peter and join the real world!
The students of Ireland are the latest to embark on nationwide protests.
The Union of Students in Ireland will hold a succession of protests on college campuses around the south of Ireland as part of its campaign against the reintroduction of fees.
Protests will be held by University College Cork, the Limerick School of Art and Design and the Institutes of Technologies in Carlow, Limerick Tralee and Waterford from October 7 – 14.
Hundreds of students, representing their individual colleges, will come out to voice their opposition to the reintroduction of fees at each event. A host of local TD's have also been invited to speak at the rallies.
Well students have always protested through the generations about something or other. It is practically a rite of passage.When you look back on RTE's Reeling in the Years, you will see the student leaders of yesteryear protesting. Most are now TD's or ministers in Government!
The very busy USI President, Peter Mannion, said solemnly:
“The students of Ireland want a winter of change. If the current crop of Irish politicians decide to reintroduce third level fees, the youth of this country will suffer greatly"
A winter of change for the students? What! No drink, no drugs or no mad sex? No skipping lectures? No texts to Mum or Dad looking for more money for booze, sorry, books?
Peter goes on: "The students did not create our economic problems, yet it is their futures that are at stake. The education of current and future generations should not be sacrificed to bail out the foolish spending of the Government.
The students of this nation are angry with proposals to tax education through tuition fees. This Government should be investing in education to secure the country’s recovery from the recession".
Well said, Peter! You have all the makings of a future leader of this country.
And for those who don't know, Peter's position as USI leader is a full time paid job with expenses. A bit like John O'Donoghue's job in the Dail when you think about it!
As Miley in Glenroe might say, "Will get up the feckin yard Peter and join the real world!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Corporate bastards can go to Hell with their offers!
That venerable institution of Irish banking,Irish Nationwide, have just issued the following press release. It is worth reading and then remembering the corporate bastards that released it and to which it refers.
"Irish Nationwide Building Society has launched a unique Instant Access Deposit Account for savers which can be opened with just €1.
The Instant Access Deposit Account allows savers to open an account with as little as €1, earning a variable rate of 3.75% on savings up to €20,000. They can save as much as they wish whenever they wish with the new Irish Nationwide product. In addition savings can be instantly accessed and there is no limit to the amount which can be withdrawn. The standard variable rate of 2.50% is payable on amounts in excess of €20,000.
“We understand that people’s daily needs and lifestyle can vary when it comes to their savings so we wanted to offer a product that is truly tailored to what they are looking for. With current market uncertainty and the ECB rate at a record low, we know that savers are eager to earn a competitive interest rate while also having immediate access to their funds,” Irish Nationwide’s Savings Product Manager said at the launch of the Instant Access Deposit Account.
“No other Demand Deposit account offers such a high rate on savings up to €20,000. Our nearest competitor only offers the rate up to €10,000. Historically Irish Nationwide Building Society has been dedicated to providing outstanding value to savers by consistently offering market leading interest rates and we are continuing that with this exciting new product”.
The Instant Access Deposit Account interest rate comprises of a variable bonus rate of 1.25% plus the standard variable rate of 2.50%, payable on balances up to €20,000. The bonus rate of 1.25% is available until 31 December 2010. The standard variable rate of 2.50% applies to any amounts over €20,000. Interest is calculated on a daily basis and paid annually on the 31st December."
Did you ever read such bullshit in your life? Irish Nationwide dedicated to savers? Understands people's daily needs? Wanted to offer a product to suit the customer?
Ha! Ha! That by the way is a laugh of derision! Not of pleasure or amusement.
This is the same Irish Nationwide who hold the record for the number of repossessions of hard pressed homeowners.
This the Irish Nationwide who imposes savage interest penalties on those in arrears - as bad as moneylender rates.
This is the same Irish Nationwide which is supposed to be a mutual society owned by its members but in effect was ran for his own benefit by the corporate tyrant, Michael Fingleton, until he was forced to quit in disgrace recently and is now being investigated by the Garda Fraud Squad.
The same Irish Nationwide who agreed to pay the buffoon "Fingers" a €28 million pension plus a €1 million lump sum to walk away, which he now refuses to give back.
Now they produce this bullshit, making themselves out to be angels of generosity to the public about which they care so much.
The bastards need your money now because they can't get it from anywhere else.Thats the only reason for the higher interest rates!
I say; tell them to to hell on horseback and give the "Fingers" institution of greed what they deserve - two fingers!
Keep your money under the bed rather than give it to such a financial brothel!
"Irish Nationwide Building Society has launched a unique Instant Access Deposit Account for savers which can be opened with just €1.
The Instant Access Deposit Account allows savers to open an account with as little as €1, earning a variable rate of 3.75% on savings up to €20,000. They can save as much as they wish whenever they wish with the new Irish Nationwide product. In addition savings can be instantly accessed and there is no limit to the amount which can be withdrawn. The standard variable rate of 2.50% is payable on amounts in excess of €20,000.
“We understand that people’s daily needs and lifestyle can vary when it comes to their savings so we wanted to offer a product that is truly tailored to what they are looking for. With current market uncertainty and the ECB rate at a record low, we know that savers are eager to earn a competitive interest rate while also having immediate access to their funds,” Irish Nationwide’s Savings Product Manager said at the launch of the Instant Access Deposit Account.
“No other Demand Deposit account offers such a high rate on savings up to €20,000. Our nearest competitor only offers the rate up to €10,000. Historically Irish Nationwide Building Society has been dedicated to providing outstanding value to savers by consistently offering market leading interest rates and we are continuing that with this exciting new product”.
The Instant Access Deposit Account interest rate comprises of a variable bonus rate of 1.25% plus the standard variable rate of 2.50%, payable on balances up to €20,000. The bonus rate of 1.25% is available until 31 December 2010. The standard variable rate of 2.50% applies to any amounts over €20,000. Interest is calculated on a daily basis and paid annually on the 31st December."
Did you ever read such bullshit in your life? Irish Nationwide dedicated to savers? Understands people's daily needs? Wanted to offer a product to suit the customer?
Ha! Ha! That by the way is a laugh of derision! Not of pleasure or amusement.
This is the same Irish Nationwide who hold the record for the number of repossessions of hard pressed homeowners.
This the Irish Nationwide who imposes savage interest penalties on those in arrears - as bad as moneylender rates.
This is the same Irish Nationwide which is supposed to be a mutual society owned by its members but in effect was ran for his own benefit by the corporate tyrant, Michael Fingleton, until he was forced to quit in disgrace recently and is now being investigated by the Garda Fraud Squad.
The same Irish Nationwide who agreed to pay the buffoon "Fingers" a €28 million pension plus a €1 million lump sum to walk away, which he now refuses to give back.
Now they produce this bullshit, making themselves out to be angels of generosity to the public about which they care so much.
The bastards need your money now because they can't get it from anywhere else.Thats the only reason for the higher interest rates!
I say; tell them to to hell on horseback and give the "Fingers" institution of greed what they deserve - two fingers!
Keep your money under the bed rather than give it to such a financial brothel!
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