|
|
Article: A bit late to celebrate the Celtic Tiger, Craig.
- Article from:
- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2008
|
Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Independent News & Media PLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
A bit late to celebrate the Celtic Tiger, Craig
Timing is everything, though you can usually rely on RTE's programme schedulers to get it wrong. In a week in which economic gloom and doom has dominated every news bulletin and in which severe job losses and other dire effects have been predicted, what does RTE1 television choose to show us but Ireland's Top Earners?
With spectacular disregard for the sensitivities of the downtrodden public, this 100-minute celebration of the nation's obscenely wealthy was a hymn to bling. After informing us that the average Irish person earns a mere '30,000 a year, chirruping host Craig Doyle told us that the country's 50 top earners ...