Enough is enough. Let’s pick ourselves up and get on with the business of living

THE late Ben Dunne used to say “opportunities create problems... problems create opportunities”.

I think that about sums up where we are and what has happened in Ireland particularly over the past 10 years or so.

We all know what has happened… we were all part of the crazy Ireland that developed. We turned into a greedy nation, a greed fuelled by reckless bankers, ineffective regulators and stupid politicians who thought it was cool that ridiculous levels of stamp duty from off-the-wall property values could continue indefinitely to fund the exorbitant cost of running this tiny country.