Hard lesson on political expenses

FROM any paper other than the excellent Irish Examiner, I would regard a slice at teachers in the Oireachtas as a cheap shot.

We want it both ways. We want 'ordinary' people in the Oireachtas yet we want them to carry all the risks and the costs of serving us.

Of the individuals you 'outed' and pictured (Irish Examiner, Oct 20), some have had long service and will have earned 'severance pay' and 'pensions.'