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Take a good look at the picture above.


  With the latest 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.

  They still won'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 are still not 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. 




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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.

See
here for more details.

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.


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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.”

Irish Times Write-up here.


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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.




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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!



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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!

Follow-up Irish Independent article, click
HERE.


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The Latest Fine Gael Lie!
January 9th 20012


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.

See:
http://www.finegael2011.com/pdf/Fine%20Gael%20Manifesto%20low-res.pdf

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.”

See: http://lnw.me/EOb0CQ

 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!





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Fine Gael & Labour Vote To Cut
Special Needs Assistants in Ireland
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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.



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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
HERE from 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!