The less well-off pay for the tax incentives to make the rich richer

DO you ever wonder who really governs Ireland? Or in whose interest the country is governed? I know we all go to sleep at night thanking God that Bertie and the lads are in charge.

They might be a terrible shower of incompetents, but they're ours.

We put them there, and we can get rid of them. That's democracy, right? And then every now and again something stops you with a bang.