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Government…’has no problem sending Cystic Fibrosis patients into shit-stained wards where they live in fear of infection while they struggle for the breath of life’. From a piece by Gene Kerrigan in today’s Sunday Independent. (No link available) Conditions where Cystic Fibrosis patients have to be treated. Ah yes. As usual, when the elite are hindered in their progress of further enriching themselves, the less fortunate in Irish society are left to suffer and die because the money... Read Full Story

€27.6m pension…What planet are we on at all? Michel Fingleton’s pension of €27.6m is nothing but an insult to ordinary decent people. This is not a pension as such. This is the blatant looting of his own ‘firm’ for his own personal greed. The supposed handing back of the 1 million bonus is nothing but a sham facilitated by our crazy government because they don’t have the backbone to call a halt to the farce immediately. As usual, banking, Fianna Fail, developers etc. are all tangled... Read Full Story

So say’s Marge in the Paddy’s Day episode of The Simpsons . It appears that the program makes a bit of a skit of Irish culture. Could it be that the producers of the show saw how WE celebrate the ‘festive occasion’ on the streets of our cities and towns when the parades are finished? Ah yes, about this time tomorrow night a visitor to this country who really want’s to see Irish Culture will only have to walk down our streets, if they are brave enough, or take a peek into our A&E departments... Read Full Story

Our Fianna Fail led government will never get the message. An article in today’s Sunday Business Post informs us that some of our biggest bookies are running a tax avoidance operation in the Isle of Man…what a surprise! Make no mistake folks, this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to tax scams. Does anyone seriously think that the fiddling that went on, such as that exposed by the Mahon Tribunal , has stopped? You can bet that the greedy elite of this country have found other... Read Full Story

Bankers and Wankers lost OUR money in the Celtic Tiger Casino and now they want more so that they can play away as if nothing happened. Below is an extract from Gene Kerrigan’s piece in today’s Sunday Independent and put’s the corruption that we are going to be asked to pay for in the coming budget of April 7 into perspective. It’s entitled: Government playing a dangerous game Here’s the game. The bankers made fortunes borrowing billions abroad, to lend to builders. The builders made... Read Full Story

Still I look to find a reason to believe…Tim Harding. Read Full Story

Cliff T Ward puts ‘oneupmanship’ into perspective. He died a few years ago in his early 50’s but, unlike politicians, his concepts will live on and will always be relevant. Read Full Story

Dole money running out. What next? Every other day there is more bad news on the economic front. This time we are told that the Social Welfare Fund is facing a deficit of €2bn in 2010 . The way things are moving right now, there won’t be a ‘bob’ in the country by year’s end. We simply don’t have a big enough population to sustain the the numbers of unemployed through the amount of people in work. The drip feeding of bad news by our inept government is an ominous sign that the bombshell is... Read Full Story

Remember this face because, some of your working day will go to bailing out Sean Fitzpatrick and his Fianna Fail friends. Every time he makes a ‘deal’ on his mobile…YOU PAY! FOUR!!! The sooner Joe Gobshite stops looking up to those who have robbed him… the better. Not being wealthy myself, and no desire for same, I have great difficulty understanding how someone who finds themselves worth 2 or 3 million will continue to work night and day in order to become even richer. The explanation... Read Full Story

Patrick O’Donoghue, the Mayor of Killarney, has pleaded guilty to a breach of ethics in the Circuit Criminal Court. Unfortunately, O’Donoghue is far from the exception when it comes to corruption by Councillors in County and Town Councils all over Ireland and it demonstrates how easy it is for slimey, conniving charlatans to put themselves up for election even though they have no real interest in promoting the ’cause’ of the local people. This boy had only one aim in mind when he went... Read Full Story