Monday, 08 November 2010 15:05

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Last week I was asked by a satirical acquaintance if I were Minister for Finance for one day what type of budget would I put in place for the salvation of Ireland. I was taken aback as I would probably need a day and a half to put a budget in place. He suggested with my brains I should have a good idea of how to turn the economy around.
Just to please him and everyone who are wondering where the country is going or gone I put a ten point budget

Monday, 01 November 2010 16:19

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With one stroke of genius on Thursday, September 30, we seemed to have found a solution to the problems that have beset this country for the past three years. Call it black Thursday, white Thursday or whatever colour you like, but to put it in non-colourful perspective we will need at least €1.5 billion euro per year for a long time to come just to service the lunacy of the past and our survival for the future.

Monday, 18 October 2010 10:03

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Some weeks ago I wrote in these columns about the ludicrous suggestion by some councillors that the solution to our anti-social behaviour problems was that legitimate businesses who operate within the law should be only entitled to trade within the hours that suited councillors. Amazing, and not surprisingly I got more people's responses to this article than all the column inches I have written over the past two years.