Huge increase in spending on Secret Service in Ireland

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday November 15, 2002 19:28 by Eoin Dubsky info at refuelingpeace dot org 087 6941060

85% Increase in spending estimated

The Irish Times graph showing the "winners and losers in the estimates" for government spending in 2003 shows that the State will expected to increase spending on "Secret Service" by %85. There aren't many increases expected, but the next largest is 16% for the Office of the DPP. What the hell are they spending all that money on?

What are these secret services that the government plan to invest so intensively in? And how come in all the reporting about the estimates so far this issue hasn't be raised?

No doubt because these are "secret" services there won't be a public record of what our money is being spent on exactly.

Below is a link to an article from The Phoenix "PADDIES JOIN GLOBAL SPY NETWORK" about Ireland's participation in the ECHELON spy system.