The Minister for Hardship.

[fairhillnorrie]

oh god... its worse now... i feared that..

[mrsjaycloth]

Dont tell Cowen that they dont have to hand out free Cheeses!

[mrsjaycloth]

Deja vue?

[NiallatUTube]

Excellent almost Dickensian stuff! There's really nothing comparable from RTE since. Classic!

[floatingenergy09]

My great uncle was one of the script writers as i discovered today.... very very talented man..... he's been a serious source of laughter all my life, can't say I'm surprise this is one of his!!!

[miryamur]

It's a lot worse now, the Country is on it's arse instead of it's knees! :(

[FredJ51]

Brilliant! And it might have been scripted yesterday. NOTHING has changed in Irish politics. No wonder RTE got cold feet over this sort of programme, same as with 'Scrap Saturday.'

[Ruthybobz19]

Lets see the hardship Lenihan sends our way tomorrow!

[tipptown456]

It's Richie Ryan (or Richie Ruin, according to Hall's) the minister for finance

[johneharold]

I think he's impersonating Liam Cosgrave. I remember this clip from the 70's & never thought it would come back to haunt us! Those jerks in Fianna Fail (especially Bertie)have brought this country to its knees (I'm non party). It will take a miracle and a courageous person to lead us out of this catastrophe

[fairhillnorrie]

remember it well.. did you know Frank Kelly was part of it?? ie Father Jack Hacket from Father ted?? anyway it was bad then (recession) it could be worse now who knows.. thanks for video...

[chicken6000]

This is uncannily appropriate in todays context. HAHA

[GreenmanBelg]

Quite apt considering how things have changed in IRL over the last few months.

[cloverfield911]

Hall's Pictorial Weekly. a classic, and so true of the 70s and 80s.