Good heavens Dick, and here's me thinking that the reasons various Governments across the world stepped in to save Banks in their countries was to safeguard the savings of their citizens and businesses which would have all disappeared if the banks had gone under. I previously asked you about your Cheque Book, do you have a bank account or do you just stuff your "hard earned" under the mattress? Try living without a bank account these days - extremely difficult and that would have happened to everybody had the banks been allowed to go under. Without the mechanisms in place to facilitate debt and manage it perfectly healthy businesses would have disappeared overnight with all the jobs that those businesses created - or hadn't you thought about that part of the equation?

"water rates were abolished some years ago but that government put up VAT"

Ehmmm Dick I think that meant that you still paid for water only the new system was via "indirect taxation" - you did not get your water for free.

"you say "apparantly"

No I said apparently

The case has been put by Irish Water that 900 million Euros of investment is required to fund what needs to be done to guarantee a constant, clean and health water supply throughout Eire. I bet the people living in those 20,000 homes in Roscommon having to boil their water don't think it is misinformation or Government propaganda.

"the irish government are desperately trying to get revenue not to maintain the water supply but to pay back a debt caused by the collapse of the anglo irish bank, because they refused to burn the wealthy bomd holders such people as gold berg sachs."

Now that just isn't true is it Dick? Please read the following dated Friday 13th December 2013:

Ireland first country to exit eurozone bailout

After having exited and repaid the bailout loan the Republic of Ireland had to borrow money from international markets to fund the country for the coming year (2014) THAT is what has created the level of debt Ireland currently has (124% of GDP) and THAT is why the "austerity" bandwagon still trundles on - S.F.A. to do with bailed out banks, bond holders or Goldman Sachs.