Quality news story from Ireland, no wonder they've got no money...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20958817

Thats only the tip of the iceberg Blyth Here are some more doozies

1) Receptionists in the civil service get a franking allowance of €34 a week for stamping the post.

2) Staff employed and paid a salary to be forklift drivers get an additional allowance called 'the forklift allowance'

3) Civil Servants get a footwear allowance of €65 a year. The report doesn't know but 'feels' this doesn't add up to much

4) Staff at the National Museum who work in the yard get a yard allowance

5) Security staff at the National Museum who use a CCTV get a camera allowance

6) Paramedics get a cardiac allowance for using a defibrillator. Dates back to the 80s

7) General ops get an allowance for taking 30 mins lunch on site but MUST work 1.5 hrs each side of the break

8) Staff at Chester Beatty Library get a box making allowance of €15-20 per box

9) Receptionists at the HSA gets €2400 on top of salary to guarantee to answer phone 9-5 Mon - Fri.

10) Staff at the CSO get an allowance to replace the photocopier toner so that the OPW aren't called in.

no wonder they say "the luck of the Irish" there's some bloody lucky people out there coining it in.

Makes mad when you hear stuff like this