Ah here.
Canned writes:
Look how Ireland’s economic growth is portrayed in Austrian media…
Hic.
Irland: Vom Pleitestaat zu Europas Musterschüler (DerStandard.at)
Everything. As It Happens.
Ah here.
Canned writes:
Look how Ireland’s economic growth is portrayed in Austrian media…
Hic.
Irland: Vom Pleitestaat zu Europas Musterschüler (DerStandard.at)
Em, you mean we’re portrayed as not drinking the pissy commercial beers they drink in Europe….
Fair enough :)
Not sure where you’re going with this one clampers.
This part of the article is far more interesting (via Google Translate):
“The lobby Confederation of British Transport (CILT) proposed last week for the construction of a railway tunnel between Britain and Ireland. For 19 billion euros the 120-kilometer link between Dublin and Holyhead in Wales would be feasible. ”
It suggests that the UK is looking at a link with Ireland as a means to improve their own economy and the idea of this tunnel was being taken seriously.
This would be great, assuming passenger trains would also be accommodated. High speed train would get to London in what, 3 or 4 hours?
It would have immense benefits to both countries; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23672538
Would it not be much more convenient for the vast majority of people to just get a Ryanair flight to England? I don’t see a 19 billion rail link as financially or commercially viable.
Trade.
Very interesting stuff! Will never happen, of course.
In fairness, when I was living in Vienna, I did nothing to to negate this stereotype. I was an absolute p!sshead over there. Great craic.
your country thanks you
Thank you. It was an honour to serve my country.
LOL
Austria disagrees.
Terrible head on that pint.
Yeah that’s what I was thinking! I wouldn’t drink that.
Is that not what were supposed to be outraged over?
Well, maybe in Austria all their graphs are in beer?
Is Eurozone a glass half full or a glass half empty type of place?
Per capita beer consumption in Austria is higher than in Ireland. Perhaps it’s a graphic they could relate to? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_beer_consumption_per_capita
Well feck me. The OECD has Austria ranked at number 2 in the most alcoholic countries in their umbrella drinking 12.2 l/capitia. Ireland’s doing poorly at 11.6. The WHO has Austria listed though much lower at 10.3 l and Ireland at 11.9.
Austrierity measures are over!
Those pints of stout were not poured by an Irish person