Was just going to say, (s)he should try living in Spain, they’re the La Liga / senior hurling of corruption.
Brother Barnabas
not even #1 in europe – behind turkey, Italy, greece, slovakia, hungary and czech republic, says Transparency International
paddy apathy
Poster needs to get out more, ahem.
DaithiG
Abso-frekin-lutely.
Just take a look at the US. Ireland Inc tries to make the excuse for nepotism because of its size, which is still a rubbish excuse, but you can hardly try and get away with that in the US now can you? But somehow they do.
Ireland has problems, no doubt about it, but it is a beacon of transparency and democracy compared to the US.
I think that person needs to travel more.
+1
Yep.
came to say the same thing
backsheesh baby
Was just going to say, (s)he should try living in Spain, they’re the La Liga / senior hurling of corruption.
not even #1 in europe – behind turkey, Italy, greece, slovakia, hungary and czech republic, says Transparency International
Poster needs to get out more, ahem.
Abso-frekin-lutely.
Just take a look at the US. Ireland Inc tries to make the excuse for nepotism because of its size, which is still a rubbish excuse, but you can hardly try and get away with that in the US now can you? But somehow they do.
Ireland has problems, no doubt about it, but it is a beacon of transparency and democracy compared to the US.
One of the least actually:
Facts, who needs them…
https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016
What if the most corrupt countries were best able to, ahem, “influence” these results – so Ireland is actually one of the MOST corrupt!
:D
We’d NEVER do something like that.
Where does the word perception fit in with those facts?
They probably received a backhander from Carlsberg to design it like that too…
It’s a true reflection of this kip of a country.
+1916
I asked dav this yesterday but didn’t get a real reply, where would YOU go? A real and genuine question.
I’ll answer. Absolutely nowhere. Problems to be sorted and asses to be kicked but I love the place and have yet to find anywhere else like it.
More fake news !