Meanwhile, at the end of last year, an extra 7,400 people were signed up to public-sector pensions compared with 2010, despite a staff embargo, according to Joan Burton (above), Social Protection minister. This took the total who have a pension in the public sector to 335,551 for this year, according to the Pensions Board.

 

Gulp.

Irish Economy: Government To Seize €433m From Decimated Private Pension Funds In 2012; Up To €900m Taken In 2011/2012 (Finfacts)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

Thanks DD