At the handover, from the British we achieved self-rule; an opportunity emerged for individuals to secure a better Quality of Life in our state. The war for comfort began.

A certain element grasped the wealth and the power sources and thereby prepared the ground for an elitist regime. Their offspring naturally, fend well in our state; their extended families are still in positions of wealth and power in the state.

 

The Dail candidates are traditionally from the wealthy division, the people that influence the passing and the administration of the laws are from the rich quarter and the people who control the media are from the well-off sector.               

 

This evolved into a culture that made and administered laws that benefit the wealthy and militate against the poor. At the time of my youth few of my peers were interested in law, the young people from the deprived section were too busy with living to analyse the mechanics of our society. 

 

Successive governments have maintained this state of affairs since the formation of the state. This resulted in a scale of good life and comfort at the top to a level of mediocrity and downward to a life of deprivation suffering and inability to survive. I consider this exploit to be tantamount to an undeclared war of attrition on the have-nots in our society.

 

In Ireland, at this time, the key managerial sections of the establishment that I have witnessed to be used unlawfully and cruelly against the poor and under-educated are:

 

An Garda Siochana, Dublin City Council and The Judicial System.