€250m fine will come out of our pockets

THE Government has admitted it will have to pay about €250 million as a fine for exceeding agreed pollution limits.

€250m fine will come out of our pockets
Mon, 10 Jan, 2005 - 00:00

Leaving aside the appalling mismanagement and broken promises which we expect from this Government, it would have been more honest if they had stated we would have to pay the €250m from our taxes.

This could have been spent on hospitals, sensibly priced housing, roads, transport infrastructure, better primary schools, etc for us.

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