How mad is that!
Ireland €310,000
The US €276,000
Britain €267,500
Germany €261,500
Switzerland €256,000
The Taoiseach earns more than any of the leaders of the top 30 OECD countries following last week’s 38 grand pay hike The Norwegian PM earns just €130,000 for managing the affairs of a nation with a population broadly similar to Ireland’s.
I would blame the idiots that voted him back in before I would blame Bertie.
Like the majority of Irish politicians he is just trying what he knows he’ll get away with, and probably being admired by the many morally vacant in Ireland that have a soft spot for ‘cute hoors’.
Comment by Alan Fitzpatrick | October 31, 2007 at 8:56 amThis, in a week when Ms O’Neill received a Euro 58k pay rise, makes a mockery of the fact that most of us have to have performance targets - and actually achieve them - to get a miserable 1 or 2% bonus. I’m so ashamed of this, and so fed up of people getting away with fiddling this country (civil servants, solicitors, et al) that it makes me want to live elsewhere.
Comment by Mel | October 31, 2007 at 5:20 pmI love Alan Fitzgerald’s comment ‘I blame the idiots’. How would be propose we determine our parliment who in turn determine out Taoiseach? I remain committed to a democracy. We get the choose the best, usually from an uninspiring list, but we choose as best we can and we get what we deserve. I don’t see Alan Fitzgerald listed as a TD so guess he was either unlucky not to get elected or choose not to stand.
Comment by Matthew Murphy | November 1, 2007 at 9:04 pmWhen compared to the salary of Steve Staunton, Bertie Ahern’s salary is cheap.
Comment by Matthew Murphy | November 1, 2007 at 9:05 pmTake a closer look Matthew, its actually Alan FITZPATRICK. Damn, that’s probably why I didn’t get elected.
My comment wasn’t, as you mistakenly implied, an attack on democracy. I was refering to the smug, comfortable middle-ground conservative Irish voter who is badly informed, apathetic and largely concerned only with tax cuts as their major polical imperative while also somehow expecting public services to improve.
Comment by Alan Fitzpatrick | November 5, 2007 at 9:14 am