Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If it were not for the 400,000 people leaving this country the unemployment figures would be much worse. Most of these people did not want to leave. It was not a lifestyle choice in most cases. It is absolutely sickening to hear the mealy-mouthed Government platitudes such as, "We all suffered, is it not terrible?", when the reality is that the ordinary citizens of Ireland have had to-----