Monday, December 5, 2011

News pedlars earning over €2,000 per week

The current row over the salary of a Fine Gael adviser Cieran Conlon puts things in perspective.

Is any pedlars of news worth over €2,000 a week.

We have 500,000 people unemployed.

When one compares the pensions of 'top people' to the life-styles of the poor, then one is forced to argue there is need for change.

It's not good enough to say people are locked into contractual obligations. Why should PRSI employees lose benefits such as dental care?Have they not too entered into contractual agreements with the State?

No comments:

Featured Post

An ideal fascinating read for a Christmas stocking filler

This week’s column in The Kerryman newspaper. Michael Commane CEO of bookshop chain Waterstones, James Daunt, was on radio last week talking...