(7 Apr 09 - RV) The Irish government on Monday delivered an emergency budget speech
to the Irish Parliament which hopes to raise 3.5 billion Euros through a combination
of new taxes and spending cuts.
Bishop Raymond Field is Chairman of the Commission
for Justice and Social Affairs for the Irish Bishops Conference
He spoke to
us about who is worst hit and what steps the bishops would like to see put in place
to protect society’s weakest...