Unfortunately, job losses and social dumping go hand in hand with liberalisation. We need look no further than Eircom for evidence of this. According a comprehensive study undertaken by the UNI network, job losses occurred in nearly every postal market opened up to competition. Surely, we must learn from mistakes. Why must we blindly follow what happened in America, Europe and in Great Britain? The first-class research on countries opened up to liberalisation is there for everybody to examine and it cannot be contested.

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