With thelatest apology from the man that still outright REFUSES to resign despite just only partly admitting
that he did wrong, the man and above and the organisation that is still in their continuing twisted ways is backing him, refuses
to still address the fact that they allowed Cannon Law to rule over state laws.
They are trying by their silence on this very matter, hoping
that the Irish public will not more common-place kop on to this very serious matter. They have not apologised for
allowing this to happen. They have not addressed this matter in pubic by comment or apology. They are totally avoiding
the issue.
If they allowed Brady to resign, it would be a part admission that they were wrong also in allowing their org's connon
law rules to superceed the state laws of not one country but two. So they are saying nothing - not even saying sorry to the
state for (a) breaking state laws in not revealing crimes of a serious nature and (b) not saying sorry for allowing their
rules to have sway over national laws.
Theystillwon't
admit - although it is now well known - that they lied to one, possibly two police forces of two countries when they were
asked if such inquires had even taken place! They arestillnot apologising for that either - and remember these lies they made came
from a church that even now still dares to preach to us of morals! One top religious org that is sick in double
standards!
Instead they
are doing the usual of giving a meek apology for what they even have to be forced to acknowledge and little
more. They still won't pay the money that is owed (750 million of a 1.5 billion bill) to many and to the state which by
their not paying in compensation, has to be left to the state (thats you and I) to further cough up while they continue
to get richer and ask for more money in their collection plates every week!
The picture above is the face of total defiant
arrogance from Brady and from Rome.
Government is poised to waste €780 Million! 17th September 2011
The Irish government has now done a stunning u-turn, breaking promises about imposing losses on senior bondholders
at nationalised financial institutions. €780 Million is about to be paid to them at the start of November. Never to be
seen again or of benefit possibly to Ireland, the government is shelling out this money while essential services around the
country are being starved and shut down.
Comment: I wonder how many
essential services would that have helped? No, lets give it away again, never possibly to gain something/anything for it!
We had to fight (and fail) just to get €9 Million for Crumlin Childrens Hospital, Dublin, yet they are giving away €700
million to the banks people! Unreal and indeed sick are those that are involved with this!
Remember
this next election time!
UPDATE - 2nd November 2011:
The day has arrived and they have given it away - plus they refuse to discuss the matter in our national Dail. See Government
Antics for more details. Click here.
Yet Again Fine Gael & Labour Hit Out At Vulnerable
And Old.
€65 Million Took From Elderly Wed 13 July
Some things don't change - cuts to fuel, electricity and phone allowances for social welfare recipients,
amounting to €65 million annually that Fine Gael & Labour is now bringing in, will have a major detrimental effect
on vulnerable older people, charities representing the poor and elderly have said. The Government yesterday approved
cuts in fuel allowance and household benefits schemes affecting more than 630,000 people in receipt of social welfare in a
move it says will bring about annual savings of €65 million. Their gas and electricity allowence are being
cut while the cost of the actual bills are going upwards - gas 20% to 30% and electricty by 12%. So the vunerable are not
hit once, twice but three times - as proportional extra charges such as VAT will in added more so on with those increases
too!
With an approx of already 2000 deaths annually due to cold related illnesses, this will
only bring on more as St Vincent de Paul said. “There will be more people having to make the decision between whether
to heat or whether to eat.”
Here Come The Next Tax Charges! How Much
More Can Our Government Bleed Us Dry!
1st June 2011
It seems the only thing the Irish government has as
priority number one, is the never-ending bail out of banks and shoveling money back towards the IMF and the EU. Those "two
bloodsucking evils" (or words to that effect) as called by many Irish citizens are it seems having our Irish
government to come up with ever more inventive ways to claw what ever little is left in the pockets of the poor, the medically
sick and the genuine unemployed (those alone put there by the incompetence and corruption of Fianna Fail - lest we forget).
The latest news is that our new government is starting off no better than the previous, in governmental efforts
to screw the public out of what little pocket change they have left. Upcoming next is new property charges, tax, levies, or
what ever next new PF spun name they can call it, (brought in by 2012 and further increased in cost by 2013), is water
charges too - and possibly in the meanwhile a flat rate homes charge of around €175 her home. Add to that there is going
to be another new charge - one to supposedly replace the TV licence (but you can bet it will be just as expensive - if
not more!) so that more Irish money can be squandered on projects that are so bad most of the time, they would fail
to make a profit themselves or bother fund themselves in the first place. Meanwhile as shown in the latest
Primetime for example, medical card holders are being screwed for every last penny also down to the point of having no money
left whatsoever and left in tears and big stress while left trying to cope with their handicapped children. Children's
critical wards and operations are being closed or canceled further. A UN review (news report here) has come out and also said that the poor and the low paid are being further bearing the brunt of cuts to public spending
in the governments efforts to keep bailing out the bankers and shareholding gamblers.
At this rate
of action by our newest government - it might be time for them to go too! They are all too little interested in listening
and helping the vulnerable and the people they were elected to represent - but more interested in shoving our money
towards the EU/IMF institutions, banks and semi-part time cowering to the bullies from France and Germany.
How much more is the public going to stand? Not much I bloody hope! On top of this they are now thinking of cutting wages
further by slashing rates for overtime Sunday working and other days rates. They are going to try introduce forced labour
on the general public by back-door means (those on the dole - and I can see a European human rights court case coming out
of that) and are unable to stop the hemorrhaging of Irish youth to foreign lands - or bothering their arse to even try (too
busy tax gathering/blood sucking) at least!
Wake up Ireland and say "Enough!" - if not for your
sake, then for your children!
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Amazing How Things Change When They Gain Power!
Fine Gael & Labour are driving the average person into utter levels of poverty! ...While they live off their MASSIVE weekly pay check and huge perks & pensions Meanwhile obeying Germany, France
and other European countries like good little lapdogs!
"All The Lies That You Told Me..." Just A Few U-turns By Kenny & Gilmore, FG
& Labour Since Gaining Power In Less Than A Year!
Bondholders • “Is it Labour’s way or Frankfurt way” – Eamon Gilmore; “Fine Gael in Government
will force certain classes of bondholders to share in the cost of recapitalising troubled financial institutions”
– Manifesto. • In government, they refuse to impose losses on the €3.5 billion of unsecured, unguaranteed senior bondholders at Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS). They are still
refusing to burn them! Amazing!
Third Level Fees • “Labour is opposed
to third-level fees by either the front or back doors” – Gilmore. • Now Quinn refuses to
rule out increased student fees in the future. Student Services Charge. NOW FEES HAVE GONE UP!
• Quinn signed a USI election pledge to reverse the €500 increase
in the Student Services Charge in Budget 2011. • Refused to do so once in Government, and won’t
rule out increases to it in the future.
Recapitalisation • Varadkar said that not another “red cent” would be put into the banks. • The Central
Bank announced in March 2011 that the banks would require €24bn. €19bn of this met by the taxpayer July 2011. Another 1.25 BILLION going to the banks in bailout in January 2012!
Bank Directors • Pledged to “re-structure boards and replace and directors
who presided over failed lending practices.” • BOI appointed 4 pre-2008 directors; AIB has 3
non-exec directors still in place; Irish Life and Permanent still has one. Force Banks to Cut their Interest Rates
• The Programme for Government promised that banks
in receipt of state support would be forced to forego a 25 basis point increase on their variable rate mortgage.
• Despite cuts by the ECB to interest rates, NIB is pressing ahead with raising rates, and other banks
are refusing to lower theirs.
Sell the EBS • During the election Fine Gael pledged to sell EBS. • EBS has now been merged with AIB.
Medium Term Loans to Irish Banks • Michael
Noonan “We need medium-term facilities from the ECB so that the liquidity problems in the Irish banks are not
addressed on a fortnightly basis with a rollover of the liquidity funding every two weeks.” • It
now appears this is not going to happen – The ECB rejected it.
The
EU-IMF Deal • The EU/IMF deal was a “bad deal for Ireland.” ( Eamon Gilmore), “a
disaster and an obscenity” (Micheal Noonan) • After election: Eamon Gilmore said: “It was
never going to be the case that the renegotiation of the agreement was something that was going to be done in
one great big bang.”
Income Tax • FG 5 point plan: No new taxes including no income tax increases • Minister Noonan: “I
am not going to rule out any tax initiative, or any tax increase or any tax reduction.” Universal Social
Charge NOW INCREASED TO €132 A MONTH
• The PfG
states: “We will review the Universal Social Charge”. • No review now forthcoming; Noonan robustly
defends the levy in the Dail saying the “universal social charge is progressive.” He added: “It is
hard to argue that is regressive; that is one of the more progressive taxes one will find.”
Budget 2011 • FG & Lab voted against
Budget 2011. • Now it seems they’re only too happy to take ownership of the budget and boast
about the adjustments that have been achieved to date.
More
Pay Cuts to Public Servants • They opposed the public sector pension levy – “It is a
crude and unfair system.” (Brendan Howlin) • Now they won’t rule out more cuts to public
service pay.
Jobs Budget • FG promised a Jobs Budget within 100 days. • The jobs budget then became a mere revenue neutral “jobs
initiative”, with no jobs target.
Getting
People Back to Work • FG Election Slogan: Let’s Get Ireland Working • Latest
Live Register figures show unemployment stagnant – the jobs initiative failed, the New Era jobs didn’t materialise,
and the Medium Term Fiscal Statement acknowledges unemployment will rise next year.
New Era Jobs • Enda Kenny boasted that “New Era plan
will create over 105,000 jobs.” • At its launch in Sept, there was no mention of jobs it would create,
and no mention of cost.
New Era Funding • The Programme for Government and the Fine Gael manifesto state that it would funded through the sale
of state assets. • However, the EU/IMF agreement clearly states -“It is important to make effective
use of our state assets and, where appropriate, dispose of them to help reduce our government debt.”
State Assets • Programme for Government:
“We will target up to €2 billion in sales of nonstrategic state assets.” • It now
looks like up to €5bn of assets, strategic or otherwise, will be sold.
Strategic Investment
Bank • The Programme for Government states “we will establish a Strategic Investment
Bank”. • Kenny, September 2011: “A Strategic Investment Bank would be difficult to implement
in current market conditions.”
Upward Only
Rent Reviews • The Programme for Govt states: “We will legislate to end upward only rent reviews for existing leases.” • Each time the Justice Minister has been asked about it, he’s
fudged the issue. Protecting the Low Paid
• Labour
Manifesto pledged to reform JLCs in a way that protects the most vulnerable workers. • Jobs Minister
Richard Bruton is dragging his feet on introducing a reformed JLC system, leaving workers vulnerable since July.
Competition & Consumer Protection • FG
Manifesto: Promised a new “powerful consumer champion”, giving it “additional powers – by constitutional
change if necessary – to break up public and private sector monopolies and cartels.” • No
mention of this in Competition Bill 2011, and no commitment to constitutional change.
Ban on Corporate Donations • The Programme for Government clearly
states “we will introduce the necessary legal and constitutional provisions to ban corporate donations to political parties.” • The Bill allows corporate donations to continue and Enda Kenny has confirmed
that there will be no constitutional ban put to the people.
Severance Pay for Senior Civil Servants
• There will be no more “golden handshakes”
for public servants that have failed to deliver. • Big payoffs for senior civil servants continue.
Reducing the number of TDs •
FG had previously promised to reduce the number of TDs by 20 • The Electoral Act proposes a cut of
as little as 6 TDs.
Constitution Day • Enda Kenny, April 2011: “We
will set out a programme to allow for a series of constitutional amendments to be decided on what we called “Constitution
day”, to be held within 12 months of the new Government being formed.” • Little mention
of it since
The Seanad • Both parties pledged to abolish the Seanad. • There was no mention in the legislative agenda of legislation
to scrap the Seanad.
Child Benefit • During the election campaign Eamon Gilmore identified child benefit as a red line issue. Labour’s
“Every Little Hurts" advertising campaign lambasted Fine Gael for their proposed cuts in the child benefit
rates • Joan Burton has since refused to give an explicit commitment on child benefit rates. NOW
BEING CUT.
Social Welfare Rates •
The Programme for Government clearly states “We will maintain social welfare rates” • Joan Burton has continuously refused to give an explicit commitment on headline rates. National Educational
Psychological Service
• Ruairi Quinn promised to provide
“€3m to reverse the cut in the National Educational Psychological Service.” • He has
made no mention of this commitment since then Water Charges & Utility Charges
• Labour previously said they would be opposed to the introduction of flat rate water
charges “A flat water charge is not something that we’re going to introduce.” • The
government has now admitted that two charges are on the way by 2013, a flat rate household utility charge (by 2012)
and water charges.
Household Charge
•
“We’re not in favour of a tax on the family home” – Gilmore • July 2011: Phil
Hogan announced the introduction of a €100 flat rate household charge which is to be applied to the 1.6 million
households in the country.
Irish Water • Fine Gael’s plans for the setting up of a new water company introducing water charges featured
heavily in its New Politics policy document published in March 2010. • However, FG has now admitted
that they have no plan for the setting up of this company, no idea of the timeline involved and have also admitted that
there are significant legal and administrative changes involved in transferring water services from local authorities
to the new water company.
Stag Hunting • FG Manifesto p27: “Fine Gael will reverse the ban on stag hunting”; Junior Minister Shane
McEntee (Meath East) told the Seanad on 25th Oct that legislation reversing the ban was forthcoming. • 8th Nov – Kenny spokesperson: McEntee was “expressing an opinion” and there was “no commitment”
to reverse the ban.
Turf Cutting •
Fine Gael Manifesto: “It is premature to cease the cutting of turf for domestic purposes in 2011”;
Roscommon TD Frank Feighan said he would “sign in his own blood” the future of turf-cutting. •
27th Sept: Deenihan signs regulations making turf cutting on Special Areas of Conservation a criminal offence,
and allows for the confiscation of turf cutting machinery.
Climate
Change • Programme for Government: “We will publish a Climate Change Bill.” •
This was dropped by Phil Hogan in November 2011.
Garda
Numbers • Shatter said in December 2010 that a reduction in Garda numbers would “obstruct
the battle against crime” • “The job of this Government is to reduce public expenditure, not
to increase it. That is as applicable across the justice sector as it is in other sectors.”
Triple Lock • FG manifesto: “We believe
that the Triple Lock must be modified to allow Ireland participate in peacekeeping missions. The failure of the UN Security
Council to pass a resolution should not prevent us from taking part in overseas missions.” •
Shatter: “As matters stand the triple lock remains part and parcel of Govt. policy”.
Government Jet • FG Manifesto: “We
will introduce a new code of practice for the use of the government jet ensuring cost effective and transparent travel.
To stamp out any abuse, cheaper commercial alternatives must be taken when possible.” Transport spokesperson
Simon Coveney said last year: Jets were “being abused” by Ministers. • Oct 2011: Jet had
been used 24 times at a total cost to the taxpayer of almost €14m, including a trip to Cork for the Taoiseach and
a trip to Algeria for Coveney.
Junior Ministers • FG pledged they would cut the number of junior Ministers to 12. • Once elected they appointed
15 Junior Ministers.
Quangos •
Fine Gael pledged to abolish 145 quangos in their document Reinventing Government. • By end Oct
2011, they had abolished 5, but had created 8. Guillotining of Legislation
• Enda Kenny, July 2010: “I do not accept the Government’s guillotining of Bills in any shape or form.” • By November 2011 they had guillotined almost a dozen Bills. Staff
in Constituency Offices
• FG pledged to reduce ministerial
staff allocated to work on constituency matters to two per Minister • In March 2011 it was announced
that ministers will keep 4 staff each in their constituency office.
Constituency Work • Enda Kenny promised to direct all Ministers to focus
entirely on their new portfolios in the first 100 days and completely avoid constituency work. • However,
Kenny himself repeatedly broke this promise with dozens of appointments in Mayo every week.
Ministers’ Advisors • Ministerial advisors will be subject
to salary caps
• Most Ministers’ advisors have breached
the cap.
Cronyism • They
promised an end to cronyism and transparency in board appointments. • FG & Labour members and donors
have been appointed as Judges and to the boards of Quangos.
Transparency
in Appointments • FG and Lab Manifestos: They promised vetting of appointments to state boards
by the Oireachtas. • Party political appointments have been made, without any oversight or transparency.
In October 2011, they appointed the former head of AIB Investment Management as head of the New Era quango, without
revealing her pay or conditions.
Freedom
of Information • Programme for Government promised to legislate to restore the Freedom of Information
Act. • No commitment for when legislation will be published on this.
After Budget Tax Adjustments
- Here what the following will get every year. 4th December 2011
Ahern, Noel – Gross pension €70,233.35; New net €54,125.35 Ahern, Michael
– Gross pension €76,444.55; New net €59,591.20 Ahern, Dermot – Gross pension €119,965.23;
New net €113,861.59 Ahern, Bertie – Gross pension €152,331.67;
New net €139,785.34 Allen, Lorcan – Gross pension €64,043.83; New net €48,678.57 Allen,
Bernard – Gross pension €64,535.78; New net €49,111.49 Andrews, David – Gross pension €108,430.45;
New net €94,483.16 Barry, Richard – Gross pension €75,610.22; New net €58,856.99 Barry, Peter
– Gross pension €75,610.22; New net €58,856.99 Begley, Michael – Gross pension €69,452.80;
New net €53,438.46 Bhreathnach, Niamh – Gross pension €47,176.24; New net €44,370.38 Birmingham,
George – Gross pension €37,890.53; New net €35,920.38 Brady, Vincent – Gross pension €59,630.56;
New net €45,120.00 Bruton, John – Gross pension €141,849.27; New net €131,399.42 Burke, Richard
– Gross pension €53,334.61; New net €45,120.00 Burke, Ray – Gross pension €103,838.73; New
net €86,769.07 Byrne, Hugh – Gross pension €68,390.96; New net €52,504.04 Calleary, Sean
– Gross pension €72,841.80; New net €56,420.78 Callely, Ivor – Gross pension €14,754.28;
New net €14,589.02 Carey, Donal – Gross pension €66,022.87; New net €50,420.13 Cassidy, Donie
– Gross pension €11,505.90; New net €11,505.90 Collins, Edward – Gross pension €63,413.57;
New net €48,123.94 Collins, Gerard – Gross pension €102,564.54; New net €84,628.43 Connaughton,
Paul – Gross pension €67,668.29; New net €51,868.10 Connolly, Gerard – Gross pension €74,735.35;
New net €58,087.11 Cooney, Patrick – Gross pension €102,564.53; New net €84,628.41 Cosgrave,
Liam T – Gross pension €55,049.59; New net €45,120.00 Cowen , Brian – Gross pension €151,061.77;
New net €138,769.42 Creed, Donal – Gross pension €66,806.83; New net €51,110.01 Cullen, Martin
– Gross pension €119,177.67; New net €112,538.49 Currie, Austin – Gross pension €59,383.84;
New net €45,120.00 Daly, Brendan – Gross pension €95,515.43; New net €76,373.58 D’Arcy,
Michael – Gross pension €68,854.39; New net €52,911.86 Davern, Noel – Gross pension €74,151.64;
New net €57,573.44 De Valera, Síle – Gross pension €103,647.51; New net €86,447.82 Deasy,
Austin – Gross pension €87,495.58; New net €69,316.11 Dempsey, Noel – Gross pension €119,177.67;
New net €112,538.49 Desmond, Barry – Gross pension €86,423.62; New net €68,372.79 Donnellan,
John – Gross pension €40,798.95; New net €38,567.04 Doyle, Avril – Gross pension €60,135.57;
New net €45,239.30 Dukes, Alan – Gross pension €94,467.80; New net €75,451.66 Fahey, Jackie
– Gross pension €68,011.89; New net €52,170.46 Fahey, Frank – Gross pension €113,141.36;
New net €102,397.48 Faulkner, Padraig – Gross pension €102,564.54; New net €84,628.43 Fitzpatrick
, Tom – Gross pension €56,076.74; New net €45,120.00 Flood, Chris – Gross pension €55,793.17;
New net €45,120.00 Flynn, Padraig – Gross pension €87,129.22; New net €68,993.71 Gallagher,
Pat ‘The Cope’ – Gross pension €70,562.08; New net €54,414.63 Harney, Mary – Gross
pension €129,805.67; New net €121,764.54 Higgins , Jim – Gross pension €57,363.50; New net €45,120.00
Higgins, Michael D – Gross pension €87,928.54; New net €69,697.12 Honan, Tras – Gross pension
€50,750.25; New net €45,120.00 Hussey,Thomas – Gross pension €61,215.35; New net €46,189.51
Hussey, Gemma – Gross pension €66,057.70; New net €50,450.78 Jacob, Joe – Gross pension
€79,125.66; New net €61,950.58 Kavanagh, Liam – Gross pension €91,535.68; New net €72,871.40
Kiely, Rory – Gross pension €52,324.36; New net €45,120.00 Kitt , Tom – Gross pension €81,476.40;
New net €64,019.23 Lalor, Paddy – Gross pension €101,153.89; New net €82,258.54 Lyons, Denis
– Gross pension €48,744.00; New net €45,120.00 MacSharry, Ray – Gross pension €88,936.80;
New net €70,584.38 McCarthy, Sean – Gross pension €38,604.11; New net €36,569.74 McCreevy,
Charlie – Gross pension €119,177.67; New net €112,538.49 McDaid , Jim – Gross pension €97,406.69;
New net €78,037.89 McDonald, Charles – Gross pension €58,501.32; New net €45,120.00 McDowell,
Michael – Gross pension €60,388.64; New net €45,462.00 McManus, Liz – Gross pension €12,309.97;
New net €12,291.37 Moffatt, Tom – Gross pension €42,192.80; New net €39,835.45 Molloy, Robert
– Gross pension €113,677.53; New net €103,298.25 Mullooly, Brian – Gross pension €57,302.98;
New net €45,120.00 Nealon, Ted – Gross pension €59,736.76; New net €45,120.00 Noonan, Michael
J – Gross pension €80,684.50; New net €63,322.36 O’Brien, Fergus – Gross pension €66,991.00;
New net €51,272.08 O’Connell, Dr John – Gross pension €76,309.85; New net €59,472.67 O’Donnell, Liz – Gross pension €58,903.88; New net €45,120.00 O’Donnell, Tom – Gross
pension €85,797.21; New net €67,821.54 O’Donoghue, Martin – Gross pension €51,330.09; New
net €45,120.00 O’Donoghue, John – Gross pension €119,177.67; New net €112,538.49 O’Hanlon,
Rory – Gross pension €116,617.53; New net €108,237.45 O’Keeffe, Edward (Ned) – Gross pension
€65,515.65; New net €49,973.77 O’Keeffe, Jim – Gross pension €70,797.11; New net €54,621.46
O’Kennedy, Michael – Gross pension €122,803.59; New net €116,162.87 O’Malley, Tim
– Gross pension €31,192.97; New net €29,825.60 O’Malley, Desmond – Gross pension €106,721.70;
New net €91,612.46 O’Rourke, Mary – Gross pension €117,981.01; New net €110,528.10 O’Shea,
Brian – Gross pension €66,970.92; New net €51,254.41 O’Sullivan, Toddy – Gross pension €56,425.20;
New net €45,120.00 O’Toole , Paddy – Gross pension €74,069.42; New net €57,501.09 Owen,
Nora – Gross pension €73,826.20; New net €57,287.06 Parlon, Tom – Gross pension €31,192.96;
New net €29,825.59 Pattison, Seamus – Gross pension €117,205.46; New net €109,225.17 Power,
Sean – Gross pension €36,464.13; New net €34,622.36 Power, Patrick – Gross pension €75,968.59;
New net €59,172.36 Reynolds, Albert – Gross pension €149,740.29; New net €137,712.23 Ryan,
Eoin – Gross pension €53,814.13; New net €45,120.00 Ryan, John – Gross pension €67,335.13;
New net €51,574.91 Ryan, Richie – Gross pension €93,032.73; New net €74,188.80 Smith, Michael
– Gross pension €119,177.67; New net €112,538.49 Spring, Dick – Gross pension €121,108.28;
New net €114,806.62 Taylor, Mervyn – Gross pension €77,979.70; New net €60,942.14 Treacy,
Noel – Gross pension €83,609.13; New net €65,896.03 Treacy, Sean – Gross pension €119,177.67;
New net €112,538.49 Wallace, Dan – Gross pension €73,092.24; New net €56,641.17 Wallace,
Mary – Gross pension €77,446.64; New net €60,473.04 Walsh, Joe – Gross pension €119,177.67;
New net €112,538.49 Woods, Michael – Gross pension €122,695.95; New net €116,076.76 Yates,
Ivan – Gross pension €74,836.65; New net €58,176.25
Thats 7+ Million a year...
Comment: In the above, we have also criminals, convicted people and others that lead the country astray
possibly to the possible point of financial fraud - and yet the state (thats you and I) is still rewarding them. Thats your
present Irish FG and Labour government for you.
Another Household
Charge On The Way! Cough-up You Too Complacent Sheep! 15th April 2012
The English Sunday Times has reveled another bill is to be slapped upon householdersd in Ireland. Homeowners are to be made pay for their own water-meters - so they can then be billed again even
more! Homeowners will be charged yet again also with a 'rental' charge or some other invented name
that Fine Gael and Labour can dream up in further method to screw even more money out of the Irish public.
Once
more yet again the Irish government - this time under Fine Gael and Labour - are setting out to browbeat the Irish population
into screwing every cent they have, out of their pockets, their bank accounts and their wages.
They have sold their souls, their ideology and Irish self-governing powers to Europe.
Labour in particular has actually forgotten about whom its supposed to be representing and its founders now are
turning over in their graves at the current horror at what the present leadership is doing and what they represent today -
the face of political thugs and financial robbers.
The rich are getting away with BILLIONS, they have screwed the banks, the corrupt (including one ex-country leader) has not
been brought to court for their many money grabbing antics, the poor are being forced to pay money up to keep foreign bondholders
stocked with their cash and in every other way possible, the Irish government monthly is coming up with ways to screw even
more money out of the pockets of the Irish public.
There have been protests of course but the sheep that is called "Fine Gael and Labour supporters"
are still either conveniently blind to what their masters are doing or are utterly stupid and allowing their masters terrible
actions in government, to continue.
At least the 800,000 people now have given their names to the government so that they can
now be also sent another new bill every year for the 'rental' of their meter, on top of having to pay for its
installation (if you like it or not, want it or not!). ...Then there is the water bills themselves to come!
Repeat after me "Thank you Fine Gael and Labour" - Now, put your hand
in your pockets and savings and cough-up!
Irish people Are Left With Another 1.5 BILLION Bill.
The Irish people have been left with a bill of one
and a half billion - yes, BILLION. Thanks to the counties religious orders who are not coughing
up for their abuses they have done over many, many decades to many, many people, they are refusing to come up with the expected
money to compensate their abusers. Instead, they have left it to the government of the day (thus you and I) to
fork out the full about of up to 1,5 billion, and even as they left the Irish people with this massive bill, they are still
making demands to the government about who should have say over schools still, demanding that rule 68 of the National schools
not be touched (that their religion as a subject takes precident over every other subject) and demanding much more
including still demanding that sexist rules also be allowed untouched.
Many Irish people are protesting
over 160 million that is now called the "Household tax" but they will now be left with an even far bigger bill thanks
to the religious organuisations of Ireland who yet again are getting away with what amounts to blue murder! Whats
worse is that Fine Gael and Labour are still amazing caving to them, taking years to bring in changes to the countries schools
and refusing to seize their asserts and/or take further action againthis these crooks in holy cloths! Once more
we can be (not) proud of our two political parties in government!
Fine Gael is planning to double the price of some supermarket drink, and add €4 to the cost of
own-brand vodka, in order to curb sales of cheap alcohol to teenagers and problem drinkers. Sounds fair?
BUT...
Fine Gael manifesto...
Supporting Irish Pubs: Fine Gael recognises the importance of the Irish pub
for tourism, rural jobs and as a social outlet in communities across the country. We will support the local pub by banning
the practice of below cost selling on alcohol, particularly by large supermarkets and the impact this has had on alcohol consumption
and the viability of pubs.
There is NOTHING in there about teens at all - but the excuses, passed off as a reason
they are inventing so that it will be swallowed by the only the thickist of the public, that would stupidly believe
their blantant lies.
Add to that, note the following:
“Last week, Anne Milton, the UK government’s public health minister, said
her legal advice was that minimum pricing was illegal within the EU because it contravened free trade legislation and would
have to be tested in court. James McLean, convenor of the Law Society’s competition law committee, said there was strong
evidence that the measures would be challenged under European, global free trade and taxation rules at the European court
of justice.”
So their actions might be illegal price manipulation/price fixing
as seen by the European court – so the Irish Fine Gael and Labour government will now be facing not one but TWO* European
legal battles!
* (The other being the use of possible seen as “forced
labour” for those unemployed if they as some suggested, the government decides to bring to full fruition the forcing
of those on the dole, to do cheap or non-further paying work. The European Human Rights Act prohibits compulsory or forced
labour – and a number of organisations have said they will fight their case in Europe.)
England/Scotland
is going down the same route and they too are facing the same European legal problem. meanwhile Finland that has the most
expensive drink prices around has found that raising the price has had NO EFFECT whatsoever on teen drinking - but is
the Irish government listening? Are they hell! They have their PR excuse and they are going to run with it!
Fine Gael
and Labour - TOTALLY screwing up and lying - Fianna Fail style! - Some things DON'T change!
Fine Gael & Labour Vote To Cut Special Needs Assistants in Ireland. 14
July 2011
In another
shocking and stunning display of cutting the legs off the vulnerable in Ireland, Fine Gael and Labour once again showed
their brutality last night. They won the motion to cap the number of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) by a margin
of 103 to 47 votes -despite heated arguments in the Dáil chamber.
Richard Boyd Barrett TD said that the government’s plans amounted to criminal neglect of children and,
this morning, Finian McGrath told the Dáil that the withdrawal of the positions would leave Ireland in breach of its
commitments under the European Convention of Human Rights. It was noted that for some undisclosed but convenient reason, the
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn was not present to vote against a motion put forward by the Technical Group to
reverse the cuts to SNAs.
So Much For Free To Speak In Ireland! Fine Gael Vote David Norris Silent. 12th July 2011
In a brutal display of silencing any possible opposition,
Fine Gael once again showed their true colours via the Galway City council. Along with its head, its FG mayor Hildegard Naughton
(who would later try stupidly claim she didn't know what she as voting for!), the council has voted against allowing David
Norris to address its September meeting in the hopes of securing the council’s support in the Presidential elections.
Mayor Hildegard Naughton cast the deciding vote against the motion,
thereby denying Norris’ request to address the council in the autumn. Seven councillors had voted for, and seven against,
the motion. Former Galway mayors Michael Conneally and Michael Crowe both said that they would not support Norris’
request.
They however allowed other independents to get to speak to them however, lesser candidates whom
according to the bookies don't stand much chance of being elected. However, when it come to the one most likely to win
should he get his name on the ballot paper, Fine Gael behave like dictator thugs and vote to silence their main opposition.
The anger from the public was immediate and in a later grovellling miserable PR excuse offered by Hildegard
Naughton, she tried to claim she didn't know fully what she was voing for! The fact that all she was doing was saying
a simple "Yes" or "No" to a question of him being allowed to speak seems even too much for this person
it appears! Some questioned Why she was even elected, never mind mayor when she now says she can't even understand
a simple vote! The public backlash was strong and fast at Fine Gaels freedom to speak stomping out actions. Many
members of the public across the Irish Internet forums stated they will remember this latest stunt at the next elections!
Dear Sarkosy - Go Away! 15th May 2011
News reports such as this one HEREfrom
the Irish Times, yet again make it clear that Sarkosy is still behaving like an asshole and using the Irish corporation tax rate
as an issue to drum up falling support for the midget back home where his support base is crashing. Its a cheap stunt and
the ever smug looking politician is fooling no one in Europe. Even Germany is now distancing themselves from the actions of
this mini buffoon and siding with Ireland.
When Ireland eventually signed up to the Lisbon Treaty,
etc (yet again after much bullying and forced re-voting shoved down the public throats via a cowardly Fianna Fail party),
our corporation rates were said to non-touchable by Europe. They would not openly force us to change them!
Well it looks like they found a back-door way in order to bully us and Sarkosy is their tool! Dear Sarkosy, if
your looking for a cause to jingoistic spin, drum up to try and gain you votes back at the next elections, chose another issue
because if you think you can once again behave like a schoolyard thug and bully Ireland, frankly the Irish people will tell
you where to get off! Get back down off your box and climb into it instead! If our Irish government eventaully
finds its own balls, it should tell you plainly once and for all what a lot of the Irish public are saying and that's
"Go stuff yourself!"
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The Independent also reports today HERE that our EU partners - our so called friends! - are screwing us
additionally out of €1.3 Billion yearly in profit at our expense. Is our government doing anything about this?
Read the Independent report and ask yourself "whats our government doing about the situation?" - O' yes besides
groveling ...feck all! Ireland is getting screwed up the ass and all our politicians so far are doing, is
whimpering in meek voices! Its disgusting! e have a bunch of cowering, groveling wimps in power, afraid to face head on those
in Europe that is trying once again to bully Ireland and screw out of it what it can for their own eventual profit ends. Dear
Fine Gael, stop the whimpering and start bloody barking back for fucks sake!
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So FIFA or more importantly Mr Blatter has finally gotten of his backside (remember also that he is up for re-election
in two weeks and that the Englaish Times told him last December about same bribes! Coinsidence?) and budged a tiny little
by giving an appearance that he is going to look over the allegations of bribes to his officials for the selling of votes.
Dear Mr Blatter, you are are either slow of the brain, deliberately avoiding the issue up till now or completely devoid of
any intelligence if your still think there is or hand been nothing illegal going on. Is Mr Blatter seriously still
trying to tell the rest of Europe that nothing funny went on during the last awarding of the world cup games next location?
Seriously? Is he really that stupid? No, we don't think so. So that begs the question - just whywon't he
investigate the whole matter deeper instead of doing this latest stunt which gives all the appearance of a light PR exercise?
The English Times and The British TV (Panorama for example) have produced loads of solid evidence to show there has been
MASSIVE bribes handed out - yet Blatter all these years has been doing nothing except issuing denials of anything funny going
on. The man does not deserve to be in the head position he sits at!