Mary White (Fianna Fail)

In the article Dr. Honohan acknowledges Irish workers and taxpayers. That pleases my heart because we all know that the people have been so patient and resilient. We have had a reaction to wage cuts which, in the case of lower paid workers, is easily understood. Sounding an optimistic note on the economy, Dr. Honohan states: "If the consensus view that Irish economic growth will resume in the second half of 2010 proves correct, it will not be before time for the Irish workers and taxpayers, who have faced up squarely to what is, remarkably, widely understood to be a necessary belt-tightening".