Just 1% think Government acted correctly in crisis

JUST one in every 100 people in Ireland believe the Government has taken effective action to tackle the economic crisis while the EU and the IMF, despite insisting on tough austerity measures, are more trusted.

The EU survey, carried out in November when negotiations were under way on an EU/IMF loan for the country, showed the Irish — not surprisingly — were the most pessimistic in the union.

The majority believed that the worst was far from over and that the results of the economic collapse, such as unemployment, would get worse before it would get better.