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Holy shit thats funny, I nearly choked on my QualityStreet a couple of times
After a little while tho' I sat and thought about it and realised that its a pretty ridiculous situation, that appears to have no way to resolve without the Irish people suffering and the Irish govnt being made scapegoats.
Where's the EEC support now they've earn't some money?
Feel better now I've had a little rant, that sort of stuff really winds me up tho'

The Irish government are not the scape goats at all they are every bit as guilty as the bankers and developers.
They have been in power for the last 13 years and have presided over what was the most profitable era in the history of the Irish state.
The present Prime Minister was the preceeding Minister for Finance and has a lot to answer for as the squander and pandering to the elite occured on his watch.
Basically the country is skint and not one bent politician, banker, or developer has seen the inside of a prison cell yet.
Todays news is that the said same bankers who were never dismissed are now giving themselves performance bonus,s, whilst the normal Joe Soap along with future generations have to pick up the tab.
Meanwhile the Fianna Fail government are jumping ship and resigning like rats along with their enhanced pensions.

New tax forms being sent for next year even the spelling is wrong.

Ta for putting me straight, sounds like the PM has his hands in more than one pie. The pensions issue and the reluctance to jump off the "gravy train " despite the addition to the countrys debt, are however, the same for every parasite, sorry, politician in every country.
.........and why can't the media report the entirety of the situation instead of me relying on a mate from my car club to put me straight?

A huge person who has a part in this is the Irish financial regulator...he watched and this was going on and did nothing as he was busy have tea with these guys....in the past 4 years the minister for finance met the regulator ONLY twice.....

The regulator is no retired on a full pension....he should have been led away in handcuff like bernie madoff....


So many factors here guys...its crazy stuff.......

RedRaven wrote:A huge person who has a part in this is the Irish financial regulator...he watched and this was going on and did nothing as he was busy have tea with these guys....in the past 4 years the minister for finance met the regulator ONLY twice.....

The regulator is no retired on a full pension....he should have been led away in handcuff like bernie madoff....


So many factors here guys...its crazy stuff.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuHRulXfzGA

That would be the gormless Mr Neary who in Sept 08 had the balls to appear on Irish TV and state that there was no problem in the Irish banks and that all were solvent. 2 months later he rode off into the sunset with an outlandish pension settlement and has not been seen or heard of since.
Our present Minister for Finance then reiterated the same and said the only bank which may have difficulty would be Anglo Irish which will need a 2 billion infusion of capitol to set matters right.
35 billion later and it is still a bottomless pit which they are now going to wind down.
The chief exec of this fine upstanding institute gave himself a personal loan of 83 million which has not been repaid and he is walking around scot free.
If you fail to pay your TV licence our glorious leaders will have you locked up.
These people would have you believe that we all lived the high life and above our means during the Celtic Tiger years.
This is shite as only the select members of their circle done this and left us with the bill.
The old adage of Ireland was "The Land of Saints & Scholars"

It should now read "The Land of Thieves & Robbers"