Sports grants: Public spending inevitably ends up displeasing some of the people all of the time.

SETTING priorities for public spending inevitably ends up displeasing some of the people all of the time. 

The partners of Defence Forces members taking part in a 24-hour vigil outside Leinster House are, entirely understandably, angry about army, naval service and air corps salary levels so low that some families need welfare payments to make ends meet.