Government spending shows the contempt in which taxpayers are held

SO anxious were the people for the return of their beloved politicians that many of them made the journey to our national parliament to welcome them back, and some even slept outside the Dáil the previous night.

Well, it wasn’t quite like that.

Six different groups of protestors greeted TDs when they returned from their three-month holiday to let them know that the world hadn’t stopped in their prolonged absence.