Cowardly budget hurts neediest

THIS austerity budget of Fine Gael and Labour at the behest of their German/Franco masters is a cowardly attack on the disadvantaged areas and any Fine Gael or Labour backbench TD that voted in these cutbacks has, as Pat Rabbitte told Pat Carey, “no shame”.

Did we not see at election time Fine Gael posters supporting farmers, probably the big farmers, now that the poor have to take the pain?

Cuts in the REPS, area aid stock density doubled, school bus fee doubled, AEOS scheme deferred, the elderly without heat, lone parents driven into poverty and the bigger families also suffer while Enda Kenny gives €35,000 for a pay hike and €6,000 for a photo shoot at the National Ploughing Championships.