Generous to a fault

I’M delighted to see that our elected representatives can break tax laws, pay massive sums to the Criminal Assets Bureau, and we still give them €80,000 yearly pensions.

Mon, 19 Jul, 2004 - 01:00

Who would be a politician?

Eddie McCarthy

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