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Ireland seems to be having a hard time in the recession, but how much of it is self-inflicted?

New figures published by the Central Statistics Office in late June 2009 show that public sector pay rose by 3.4pc in the 12 months to March despite the recession. This compares to a rise of 3.2pc in the year to December.

Public sector pay is rising at a time that it should be falling, no wonder Ireland's in a mess with huge tax rises - the Irish voters need to wake up to the fact that they are being taxed and squeezed to pay for the excesses of the public sector.

If you need an example of that excess just look at what the Taoiseach (Prime Minster) Brian Cowen gets paid - €310,000 yes, over three hundred thousand euros. For a small struggling country to pay their top executive one of the highest cheif executive's salaries is mind boggling. If Ireland is that sort out its problems it could start with pay for ministers and the rest of parliament.

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