Ireland's Finance Bill gets second reading

After further substantial concessions to independent TDs, the finance bill, shackling Irish citizens to decades of misery at the hands of the EU, was passed in the Dail around midday in Dublin. The first government amendment passed by 80 votes to 78 according to RTE, linked here.

Meantime an opinion poll in Germany finds 63% now unhappy with the EU!  68% of respondents had “little or no trust” in the single currency, almost back to the level of 16 years ago. Only 4% could correctly answer the question “Who is Herman Van Rompuy?”

How long can this shambles continue?