Mary Coughlan performance as Employment Minister

[Firefly]

So, what to ye think will be the outcome? I think the gov will have a story that another hangar could have been built but Ryanair chose to move the jobs abroad.

 

[Complainer]

You are going into Willie O'Dea territory there. Just because Ryanair outsource some of their jobs to agencies, it doesn't mean the employees are not covered by employee legislation. To imply that Ryanair are operating some sort of sweat shop is ridiculous in the extreme.

So what? As long as they operate under employment law, I don't see the problem. I also can't remember the last time Ryanair went on strike, which isn't bad considering how ruthless & profit centered they are perceived to be.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4188626.ece

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79421

http://www.pprune.org/terms-endearment/71686-brookfield-aviation-surrey.html

 

[Sunny]

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4188626.ece

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79421

http://www.pprune.org/terms-endearment/71686-brookfield-aviation-surrey.html

So...........

Again, what law are they breaking? Are they paying below minimum wage? Are they making their staff work beyond their legal hours? Are they using orphans to clean their planes?

You said Ryanair were using outside agencies to avoid their obligations under employment legislation. You have not backed that up.

 

[Slash]

It transpired during the week that, whereas Mary Coughlan was afraid to ring Michael O’Leary, she did in fact ring Christoph Mueller, the German CEO of Aer Lingus. The conversation went like this:

MC: Good morning, Christoph, Mary Coughlan here. Can ye vacate Hangar Six?

CM: Nein

MC: No, Six.

CM: Nein

MC: Six!

CM: Nein

MC: Six!!

It went on like this for about 45 minutes. Eventually, Mary just hung up because she had to attend a meeting with a lobby group from her constituency called “Donegal for Tax Evasion”.

 

[DB74]

Or possibly like this:

MC: Good morning, Christoph, Mary Coughlan here. What will it take for ye vacate Hangar Six?

CM: Sechs?

MC: Ah come on now Christoph, I'm very flattered but it's jobs we want, not knobs

CM: Knobs? I'm sorry. My English is not very good. We want Sechs.

MC: Christoph please. I never had this problem when Willie (Walsh) was in charge. I miss Willie.

CM: I'll be over on the next flight!

 

[PyritePete]

Or possibly like this:

MC: Good morning, Christoph, Mary Coughlan here. What will it take for ye vacate Hangar Six?

CM: Sechs?

MC: Ah come on now Christoph, I'm very flattered but it's jobs we want, not knobs

CM: Knobs? I'm sorry. My English is not very good. We want Sechs.

MC: Christoph please. I never had this problem when Willie (Walsh) was in charge. I miss Willie.

CM: I'll be over on the next flight!

Christoph is a better man than I am