Waste not, want not

(Dublin, Ireland)

The financial situation in Ireland is well-known around the world; all the neighbours have watched as the failing banks have hung the country’s dirty knickers on the line. This week the extravagant junkets of former tourism minister John O’Donoghue and his wife have come to light, straining the ability to be shocked at government incompetence to the limit.

This squander by the ruling regime is akin to the father of a poor family going out to buy expensive alloy wheels for his car while his children go hungry. Government ministers should be working on the same shoestring as the people, and their partners should stay at home instead of going on holiday at the expense of the Irish workforce.

The likes of O’Donoghue should think on – come the next election he’ll be out of a job too. Then he’ll be bleating about how much the next government is wasting. And his tongue will be nowhere near his overfed cheek.