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If this was France or Italy ...

peasant · 2007-10-26 11:29:20

....after the announcements of the last few weeks/days, come next week this country would be at a standstill. Drastic health cuts after years of inneffective squander; nurses turfed out in the street for lack of funds while HSE officials get bonuses; politicians get a 12-15 % payrise while telling everybody else to tighten…

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#32 01-11-2007 9:25pm
mikemac

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In the UK, ministers are regularly sacked.
I believe they even have a code of ethics they have to comply with.

It's very rare an Irish minister is sacked. Only one I can think is Ivor Callely, and he was then made a senator.

Irish people are great at moaning but don't take much action.
The thread about complaining in restaurants in AH showed a lot of this

But "ah shure, it'll be grand!"

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