Where where's the voice of the Irish tradesman been hiding recently during the bashing of the trade sector ? Over the last few months the Irish press has made being a tradesman into some sort of stigma, one to encourage pity or charity. We've been forced fed that many articles, tuned into that many radio interviews and viewed so many prime time 'Special reports' on the woes of the trade sector, that it has become an actual burden to stay informed. Not to mention being an real life trade professional.
Have a read of the following recently:
According to the Irish Independent 7th June, 2008:
On building sites across the country workers are filled with trepidation. Whether they are Irish, Polish or from elsewhere in the EU the news seems to be relentlessly bleak.
The jobs of bricklayers, carpenters and workers in other construction trades are fast disappearing.
FAS, our national training agency, predict:
a quarter of all building workers will lose their jobs by the end of next year.
Just a snippet but depressing stuff. But perhaps we shoud question the these sources - if not for their statistics then maybe for their sentiment. Newspapers will peddle gloom to sell copy, while such agency reports failed to predict the current predicament in good time in the first place!
Ok, so things are not great. But I can give examples of a whole stack of tradesmen are doing just fine in the domestic sector. So rather than listen to the spin lets get some front line opinions here from actual tradesmen.
Gentlemen, the floor is yours, how is business at the moment ? Feel free to contribute something positive!
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