It’s up to the people to stop obscene pay hikes

I LEFT Ireland for Spain when Charlie Haughey was in power.

Indeed it’s possible to say I left Ireland because Charlie Haughey was in power.

Back in Dublin last weekend for a wedding, I was so incensed by news of the pay hike to top politicians and civil servants that, before catching my flight back, I went to the Fianna Fáil Dublin South-East constituency office on South Richmond Street to air my views.