Euro is to blame for our economic ills. Should we restore Irish pound?

THE euro is one of the main causes of our current economic problems and has been for some years now.

Our involvement as one of the 15 member states of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) contributed dramatically to the property bubble that has now burst and is the leading cause of the sudden domestic downturn.

Our euro membership sees us suffer from excessively high interest rates and a currency valuation against the dollar and sterling that will damage many exporters just when we need to be stronger to cope with the international downturn.