Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, thankfully. I am speaking about the top five who we are told are whizz-kids and continually appear on television to tell us how good we are doing. They continue to spend on projects they should have given up two years ago. The people know that what they are saying is not true. The spin doctors who are all from Dublin do not appear to know anything about what goes on past the Red Cow roundabout or about rural Ireland. That is a sad fact. The Government got its result in the local elections.

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