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THE continual bleating of the Government that it is “following advice” – most recently the attorney general’s advice on ministerial pensions – brings to mind an old Irish saying: “He who accepts no advice is a fool, but he is a thousand times worse who accepts every advice”.

Good advice

Wed, 12 May, 2010 - 01:00

John Stafford

Knocklyon

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