Let’s not ‘screw’ up Ireland for children

We cannot “screw” up Ireland for our children and grandchildren, says the former secretary general of the Department of Finance.

Let’s not ‘screw’ up Ireland for children

John Moran, who left the department in 2014, also said soulless housing estates are contributing to loneliness.

“We want better for our children and for our grandchildren. We are not giving this island to our grandkids as their inheritance, we are borrowing it from them for the moment to do a good job and, by God, we have done a bad job up to now.

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