Austerity… exploding the myth that… ‘We’re all in this together…’

Thursday 2 May 2013

The number of billionaires in Ireland has more than DOUBLED over the past year.

According to the recently published Ireland’s Rich List, we have NINE stupendously wealthy individuals who have more than one thousand million euro in assets.

Last year, Ireland only boasted four in this most exclusive jet-set category, so it appears we DO have growth in the economy… in the number of billionaires.

For the rest of us, of course, it’s a different story.

Mandate National Coordinator Brian Forbes, writing in this issue of Shopfloor, said:

“We’re being sold a blatant lie. We are certainly not all in it together, as evidenced by the increasing vast wealth at the top echelons of Irish society set against the increasing numbers of people in massive debt and in dire poverty.

“Added to this number are the tens of thousands of people now labelled as working poor and who are becoming increasingly marginalised within society.”

You can read more articles like this in Mandate’s Shopfloor magazine.