An ill wind blowing for the Irish taxpayer

Why is it State sector bodies have a beginning, and maybe a middle, but no end?

Some of us might remember in school being force-fed that essays, among other things, had to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. The same could be said of organisations and businesses, unless the shareholders decide to migrate it to another sector and, thus, create another life for it.

In doing so, it would, of course, have to invest its resources and take risks, but presumably its shareholders would be either aware of the risksor, at least, that there were risks it could lose its capital investment.