Where the fault lies

IT has now been revealed that the Ahern and Cowen administrations constantly ignored the advice and warnings from the Department of Finance about the Cabinet’s budget decisions, taxation intentions and social partnership deals.

Fri, 04 Mar, 2011 - 00:00

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So much for “nobody told me” and it was “all Lehmann Brothers’ fault“.

K Nolan

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