Figures do not add up

INNUMERACY is so obviously a Government-wide phenomenon.

Sat, 03 Dec, 2011 - 00:00

First there was Cardiff, and now the “miscalculation” of the cost of the Queen’s and Obama’s visits. The Government told us that these visits would be great for tourism; let’s see the figures to prove this, if we can trust them!

Florence Craven

Maynooth

Co Kildare

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