Europe didn’t create the mess we are in – but Europe can help us to get out of it

IN her letter (September 7), Maureen O’Donnell painted the EU as the big bad wolf and argued that the Irish electorate are suffering from the consequences of decisions taken in Europe.

First of all, it was the Irish electorate who elected the Fianna Fáil administration in every election since 1997.

The EU or politicians from any of the other 26 member states played no part in the decisions taken by the Irish electorate. The economic difficulties that we now face are as a result of poor management decisions taken by Government over the past 10 years.