Unions in this day and age are only interested in where the money goes. The grievances of the individual member is of no concern to them. I had a severe injury on the job some years back and despite e-mails, letters, phonecalls and unannounced visits to my SIPTU office, I was totally ignored by my Union rep. Why? because the multinational security company I worked for had and probably still has SIPTU in their pocket. Large staff disputes are a different matter cos they can't be ignored.
@fergal70 5,000 a week! WTF? Where the fuck did you get that? Check your figures before you start talking out of your arse. Unless you are some rich guy trying to turn workers against their unions
this fucker is living off the backs of every worker in this country,we work all week and this prick and his ilk expect us to hand up money so he can bring home as much as any politican in this country you are a robbing prick o connor.and i am not alleging this you fucking DISHONEST AND DISHOURABLE WANKER
Nice going Jack. Not content with helping Bertie bollix up the country for ages you have emasculated the trade union movement and destroyed its credibility just when workers are heading into 4 more years of savage cuts, and lay offs, dumb shit.
who runs the country, democratically elected government or onelected union leadership? union hold the govt and state to ransom for the benifit of a few and to the detriment of many. High minimum wage, ridiculously high in present circumstances, means employers take on less workers. Public servants being paid at same rates as celtic tiger before cuts. Marginal unit labour cost in private sector has dropped considerably, i the public service however, it has only begun to level off. jack, Wise up
People on minimum wage to get their wages cut and Public servants to get their wages cut because private sector workers are getting fleeced. Nobody should get their income cut except the top 4% who own most of the country and the banks. Stop hurting ordinary people
God he's some filthy rotten fuckin quango.! Wish someone wud drag him down from his imaginary high horse and roundhouse him square in the prick! " That is all! :)
O Connor is as guilty as the government for the mess we are in. He and his cronies have lined their pockets on the back of the workers he claims to protect. He is nothing more than a turnip picker from north Dublin. Jack Joke O Connor
IRISHWOMAN TORTURED AND BURNT ALIVE BY IMMIGRANTS - SISTER SPEAKS OUT AND JUDGE TELLS HER SHE IS RACIST
“Justice in Ireland is sleeping while its people are dying,” Ms French told the Central Criminal Court.
“People with criminal records in their own country should never be allowed to live among us,” she said, referring to Mineikas and Dilys’s previous convictions in Lithuania.
“The country has enough to deal with."
Judge White described the statement as offensive; inappropriate; xenophobic;
Jack O'Connor is general-president of the 200,000 strong Siptu, who's members paid him €120,671 in 2009. Did he change his hardline stance hardline stance on taking a cut, thus showing leadership & solidarity with his hard pressed members?
Jack O'Connor is no better than any of the clowns we have in Dail Eireann. He is another one of the topboys on huge money, living on a different planet from at least 95% of the citizens of Eire. Trade Unions are just another shower who stab the working men and women of this country in the back. What makes them worse than the politicians, is they pretend to be your friend.
if public sector isnt cut..who is??? your average private sector worker who has already, in most cases, accepted a pay cut. public worker on 60 grand and and a private worker on 60 grand...who is better off?????? PUBLIC...they get pensions and job security!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EUROPOL REPORT: IMMIGRATION A MAJOR THREAT TO EUROPEANS
A European Police Office report has revealed that at least 900,000 illegal immigrants from 3rd World enter the EU every year & 350,000 legal visitors overstay their visas -and that Europe faces major criminal threats from this invasion force.
This massive influx has seen “European citizens and businesses exposed to systematic violence and corruption at the hands of organised crime groups, terrorist groups, and, street gangs"
Why did you come in here and make these bombastic threats.???......................because they were going to try and get as much out of the government as they could. I don't think Vincent would be very good at poker. I hope his agent does his deal with TV3. At least though Vincent says what he thinks!
Jack o Connor is a cross between a skidmark on Conor Lenihans y fronts and Joan Burtons fat gob...!
omnicub3 3 months ago
Thuggish bullying union prick.
kady7869 5 months ago
Jack O'Connor is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Harps66 8 months ago 4
our sell out union leaders........useless tossers
LarryFogarty 9 months ago 2
These trade union leaders' incomes were published by the Tribune in 2009.
Can someone provide an accurate update?
David Begg, General Secretary, Ictu, Salary: €137,40
Jack O'Connor, President of Siptu, Salary: €124,000
Tom Geraghty, Gen Sec, Public Service Executive Union. Salary: Would not reveal
Blair Horan, Civil & Public Services Union, Salary: €120,000
John Carr, General Secretary, Into, Salary: €172,000
Peter McLoone, General Secretary, Impact, Salary: €171,000
2LisbonTreaty 11 months ago 2
Unions in this day and age are only interested in where the money goes. The grievances of the individual member is of no concern to them. I had a severe injury on the job some years back and despite e-mails, letters, phonecalls and unannounced visits to my SIPTU office, I was totally ignored by my Union rep. Why? because the multinational security company I worked for had and probably still has SIPTU in their pocket. Large staff disputes are a different matter cos they can't be ignored.
EnnisUltra 1 year ago
@fergal70 5,000 a week! WTF? Where the fuck did you get that? Check your figures before you start talking out of your arse. Unless you are some rich guy trying to turn workers against their unions
unionmember1913 1 year ago
comments here don't make sense.
hurlinboy2 says unions are taking everything for their members
tommurphy67 says they stab their members in the back
Looks like a bunch of employers and rich people attacking those who protect workers if you ask me.
unionmember1913 1 year ago
i don't know a lot about jack o'connor so can someone give me an unbiased explaination of why some of these comments are slagging him?
0Mark8 1 year ago
YES FUCK OF JACK YOU FUCKIN TRAITOR I HOPE HE DIES SOON TO.
cucueire 1 year ago
hes an overpaid gobshite
heaped 1 year ago
this fucker is living off the backs of every worker in this country,we work all week and this prick and his ilk expect us to hand up money so he can bring home as much as any politican in this country you are a robbing prick o connor.and i am not alleging this you fucking DISHONEST AND DISHOURABLE WANKER
phoniex09 1 year ago
@phoniex09 Totally agree with you phoenix 09,and well said,every word you say is true..
Silvermac27 1 year ago
Nice going Jack. Not content with helping Bertie bollix up the country for ages you have emasculated the trade union movement and destroyed its credibility just when workers are heading into 4 more years of savage cuts, and lay offs, dumb shit.
45vincentconnolly 1 year ago
its a little bit ironic that he threatens to walk off the show.. and then he doesnt.
TheMegaRoflcopter 1 year ago
Jack? yer a prize prick! and a dishourorable to boot
grainneomahony 1 year ago
who runs the country, democratically elected government or onelected union leadership? union hold the govt and state to ransom for the benifit of a few and to the detriment of many. High minimum wage, ridiculously high in present circumstances, means employers take on less workers. Public servants being paid at same rates as celtic tiger before cuts. Marginal unit labour cost in private sector has dropped considerably, i the public service however, it has only begun to level off. jack, Wise up
hurlinboy 1 year ago
You are clearly some rich guy/employer who wants:
People on minimum wage to get their wages cut and Public servants to get their wages cut because private sector workers are getting fleeced. Nobody should get their income cut except the top 4% who own most of the country and the banks. Stop hurting ordinary people
unionmember1913 1 year ago
Jack likes to bully people, and that is how he makes his living
irishdude79 1 year ago
O'Connor is a lying scumbag and traitor to this country along with Fianna Fail!
arethosemyfeetyesh 1 year ago
Vincent should have just let the worthless prick walk off the stage. Youre a lying cunt, Jack.
jcatony 1 year ago
God he's some filthy rotten fuckin quango.! Wish someone wud drag him down from his imaginary high horse and roundhouse him square in the prick! " That is all! :)
messysul 1 year ago 2
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JACK IS A TRAITOR JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE ELITEST POLITICIANS.
cry baby jack o connor.
cucueire 1 year ago
JACK IS A TRAITOR JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE ELITEST POLITICIANS
cucueire 1 year ago
Jack's in the golden circle with the rest of them
irelandrepublic 1 year ago
O Connor is as guilty as the government for the mess we are in. He and his cronies have lined their pockets on the back of the workers he claims to protect. He is nothing more than a turnip picker from north Dublin. Jack Joke O Connor
045butler 1 year ago
VINCENT BROWN FOR PRESIDENT!
jacobzurra 1 year ago
vincent only real journalist we got in this country
eireforce 1 year ago 20
Jack O'Connor overpaid HAM ACTOR!
2LisbonTreaty 1 year ago 3
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IRISHWOMAN TORTURED AND BURNT ALIVE BY IMMIGRANTS - SISTER SPEAKS OUT AND JUDGE TELLS HER SHE IS RACIST
“Justice in Ireland is sleeping while its people are dying,” Ms French told the Central Criminal Court.
“People with criminal records in their own country should never be allowed to live among us,” she said, referring to Mineikas and Dilys’s previous convictions in Lithuania.
“The country has enough to deal with."
Judge White described the statement as offensive; inappropriate; xenophobic;
waaeaa 1 year ago
Jack O'Connor is general-president of the 200,000 strong Siptu, who's members paid him €120,671 in 2009. Did he change his hardline stance hardline stance on taking a cut, thus showing leadership & solidarity with his hard pressed members?
2LisbonTreaty 1 year ago 3
@2LisbonTreaty answer = yes
unionmember1913 1 year ago
Gangster No1
jimberkt 1 year ago
Haha, look how quickly he stops messing with his mic, he had no intention of walking off at all. He's a like snake O' Connor, a little scumbag.
Fubs 1 year ago
oxygen makes ozone fact
iFartedForLongTime 1 year ago
Jack O'Connor is no better than any of the clowns we have in Dail Eireann. He is another one of the topboys on huge money, living on a different planet from at least 95% of the citizens of Eire. Trade Unions are just another shower who stab the working men and women of this country in the back. What makes them worse than the politicians, is they pretend to be your friend.
tommurphy67 1 year ago 26
O'Conner didn't even keep to his word to walk off the show, no wonder Ireland is in the mess it's in..
yam500 1 year ago
Vincent Browne is one of the few decent hacks we have here in Eire.
EUROUNIONSCEPTIC 1 year ago
Fair play to Vincent Browne
yam500 1 year ago
well fone vincent this prick is just a money grabbing bastard
phoniex09 1 year ago 4
simpleton
someuser91 1 year ago
if public sector isnt cut..who is??? your average private sector worker who has already, in most cases, accepted a pay cut. public worker on 60 grand and and a private worker on 60 grand...who is better off?????? PUBLIC...they get pensions and job security!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hurlinboy 1 year ago
@hurlinboy Not any more.. If ECB or IMF come in Public Sector wages could see a 20% Drop.... Your walking on Ice now.........
PMcM1007 1 year ago
@hurlinboy Public sector looks silly now that the IMF are in ireland, i would hate to be a civil servent in ireland NOW....good luck
PMcM1007 1 year ago
@PMcM1007 And about fuckin time.
Freshhhhh1982 1 year ago
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EUROPOL REPORT: IMMIGRATION A MAJOR THREAT TO EUROPEANS
A European Police Office report has revealed that at least 900,000 illegal immigrants from 3rd World enter the EU every year & 350,000 legal visitors overstay their visas -and that Europe faces major criminal threats from this invasion force.
This massive influx has seen “European citizens and businesses exposed to systematic violence and corruption at the hands of organised crime groups, terrorist groups, and, street gangs"
Europol 7/5/10
waaeaa 1 year ago
jacks big u-turn
MrBlindmans 1 year ago
good man vincent the mad hatter , good stuff
GlAsSaRm 1 year ago
Mr.bombastic telly fantastic.
jimk140 1 year ago
Good to see Brown getting his ass kicked.
Tonyo1221 1 year ago
@Tonyo1221
More like O'Connor getting his ass kicked lol
ateam22 1 year ago
Why did you come in here and make these bombastic threats.???......................because they were going to try and get as much out of the government as they could. I don't think Vincent would be very good at poker. I hope his agent does his deal with TV3. At least though Vincent says what he thinks!
jkhamilt78 1 year ago
government agent
sirhcelah 1 year ago
@sirhcelah What is with all these conspiracy theorists popping up in Ireland. Your not american get your own style of mental ilness
StephenRoddy 1 year ago
@StephenRoddy DEATH TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER!!!!
SCAHILL666 1 year ago