Blinded by the light

IT seems that as a nation we have failed to heed the €85 billion lesson from the so-called bailout.

Blinded by the light
Fri, 21 Oct, 2011 - 01:00
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Are we seriously considering electing a construction entrepreneur who actively supported the policies which bankrupted our country? For 14 years Ahern and Cowen pulled the wool over our eyes. After only a few months have we been blinded by the light at the end of the tunnel?

John Coughlan

Sleaveen Heights

Macroom

Co Cork

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