The past week will be recorded in Irish history in many decades to come. We have been mislead and betrayed and are left worrying on the future outcomes. Our fate has been handed over to foreign leaders and the Irish are waiting in anticipation in changes they will make. I am starting to get annoyed with all the recent gloom in our country, everyone is stressing about "possible" changes that might not even be made. I'm all for preparing oneself for the future but i think it's got out of hand. It's like everyone thinks the IMF are going to ruin the country, when if you look at it they're here to fix the mistakes we made ourselves.
This morning the Green Party leader John Gormley, issued a statement on what they believe must be done in the coming two months to save any prosperity and independence of the Irish people. Among these are:
- Prove we can make our budget balance by 2014
- Deliver a budget by 2011
- Secure funding support from the EU and IMF which respects Irish interests and restore stability to the Euro area.
In the same article the Green Party said that "
leaving the country without a government while these matters are unresolved would be very damaging and would breach our duty of care". They were planning ways of restoring stability in the banking system with the help of the IMF.
Not even 24 hours later, the Green Party leader, announced to Brian Cowen, that they were pulling out of the government. After all their talk about how we can get through the tough times ahead,
"I believe we can get out of this situation. We must all work together to ensure the best outcome for everyone," they jump ship when we need them the most.
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www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1122/breaking23.html
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