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The absolute farce which is ICTU these days continues, with the public services committee secretary Tom Geraghty telling RTE that the unions cannot do much better in the current circumstances.
Apart from the fact that this is not a bloody pay dispute, his statement is in complete contradiction to ICTU’s own economic analysis, as outlined in […]

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Well, the con is in.

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Just got a text from a friend of mine who works down in Wexford. The local hospital’s A&E is to be be closed from 12am to 8am. The maternity unit will be closing as well.
The Greens and Fianna Fail are going to give €54 billion to land speculators while we close hospitals to pay […]

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This is how the former leader of Fianna Fail spent the last recession, with tax-breaks in place to benefit his benefactors.
Enjoy.

Part II and II of this episode, below.

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Mr. Haughey’s sole source of income from 1979 to 1996 was his State entitlements, in the form of his salary (including his ministerial pensions during the years he was leader of the Opposition) from 1979 to 1992, and in the form of his State pension from 1992 to 1996. His gross annual salary ranged from […]

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Oh baby. Just when you thought Fianna Fáil had it beat for looking after their mates, it appears that ALL property loans on Irish bank books, even those in places such as virtually bankrupt Bulgaria, are to be covered by the Irish taxpayer.
you know, even though all of this is to protect domestic land speculators […]

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