Posted on 01/10/2019 10:52:21 AM PST by Olog-hai
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he was “saddened” to hear that nurses had decided to strike during the week rather than at the weekend.
Speaking during his trip to Africa, Varadkar said that the knock-on effect from the midweek industrial action will be greater than if nurses decided to strike at the weekend.
Yesterday it emerged that nurses and midwives will hold a strike on Wednesday 30 January, with further days of action planned in February if their issues are not addressed. […]
Student nurses and midwives earn €14,243 a year under the current public sector pay deal; staff nurses earn €29,056 per annum in the first three months, and €31,110 per annum in the latter nine months of their first year. A senior staff nurse earns €47,898 a year.
The last pay agreement contained wage increases of 6.4% to 7.2% over 2018-2020. …
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What is a Toesuck?
What is a taioseach?
Ask that short chubby guy whose name I can’t remember.
It’s Irish for Prime Minister. He’s the head of the Irish government.
It’s the Irish language word that’s used as an equivalent for “prime minister”. Approximately pronounced “tea-shock” (insert guffaws here) and literally meaning “leader”.
My taoiseach because of these woolen socks!
(”Tissix,” actually.)
Because “Prime Minister” sounds too British.
The Irish word for “president”, which is “uachtarán”, has a funny double meaning: since it literally means the uppermost or highest, “uachtar” (the root word) is also the Irish word for “cream”.
The word also appears in street names, e.g. Upper O’Connell Street (Sráid Uí Chonaill Uachtarach).
Are people banned from getting sick on the weekends?
Oh, gag.
And being *saddened* is supposed to make exactly what happen?
The nurses change their minds?
Who ever thought that telling someone what they are doing *saddens* you is going to change anything?
Newsflash.
NOBODY CARES IF YOU’RE SAD.
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