fat cherry wrote:you know, now I've reread this, and taking into account cheesey's comment re posting 'interesting' stuff, i nearly had a frank moment. Who really cares, though I wonder if he's going to pay back all the expenses he's claimed whilst never actually sitting in the house.
I doubt it but now he want to be a memer of our dail (parliament) - and I wouldn't blame him as the shower of fuckers in our parliament get paid a fortune
our Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Mr Brian Cowen’ salary – soon after he became Taoiseach in 2008 – rose to €285,000 but it was reduced to €257,000 in October 2008 and then to €228,000 in January 2010.
He is also allowed an additional €118,981 in annual expenses.
The pay of senior Ministers and the Attorney General is now €181,000 . The deputy PM (Tánaiste) Mary Coughlan’s salary will be reduced , from €208,000 to €197,000.
Even with his reduced salary, Mr Cowen will still be earning more than leaders of other European countries, including British prime minister David Cameron (€172,000); Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (€92,000) and Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (€138,000).
German chancellor Angela Merkel earns €242,000 per annum while the salary of French president Nicolas Sarkozy is €253,000.
what is disgusting most people in Ireland is that with our govt in a shambles there are many parliament members and ministers resigning and their pension payouts are unbeliveable.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 47961.html
forget about bailing out the banks here it is a matter of lining the pockets of politicians