Irish civil servant who made $4.8 billion error to get plum European job

So it's not just in America!

The guy is a typical g'ment screw-up. No worry mates, we have clowns like this scattered all through the US federal, state and local bureaucracy, too. Can't read a balance sheet, can't add two columns of figures together and get it right. Naturally, just as our US g'ment does, these yahoos get "kicked upstairs" to some alternate state of bliss and a fatter pension. ... Did anyone check what effect this had on Irish credit ratings? Extra interest charged? Fatter g'ment pension trickle downs, bonuses, raises and fatter perks for the lesser trolls when this bogus spread sheet hit the fan? ... Investigations are in order and head should roll for this hose up ... But won't ... Is it possible to get an actual economist to run your books? ... Can anyone spell bookkeeping in Irish g'ment? ... American g'ment, too?

The Department of Finance has introduced opinions into Irish Law about 387 times in the history of the Irish State............There are no opinions in mathematics, which speaks volumes of the education system and how the finances of the country are administered.

Despite the €3.6 billion astonishing blunder on Cardiff’s watch, Irish Cabinet ministers insist he is the right man to take up a post overseeing accounts on a Europe-wide scale. The more you damage the public purse, the higher up the ladder you go. It's a wonder Bertie Ahern didn't go for the job.

Stop promoting idiots to get rid of them.