Well, I did. Budget 2009 seems like a long time ago. Things have gotten a hell of a lot worse since then. But all the warning signs were there, and the Government’s failure to address them has been astonishing. Still, in February, they’re only talking about doing something. As I said back in October, what [...]
February 2nd, 2009 at
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While there was no money left to fund school books for disadvantaged children and school libraries are now to receive no funding at all, Fianna Fáil somehow managed to scrape together €69.7m (that’s €69.7 million) to pay for the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund. That money is used to pay for Horse Racing Ireland and [...]
October 21st, 2008 at
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Politics (Ireland) | tags:
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builders,
children,
corruption,
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ruairi quinn,
scandal,
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