"Let them eat cheese". Irish angry at State's offer of free cheese...

he Irish government has risked fomenting revolution by trying to solve the country's dire economic problems by handing out a free block of cheese to every family.

Brendan Smith, the agriculture minister, announced yesterday that the government would use European Union funding to buy 53 tonnes of fresh Irish cheddar and distribute it for free from 15 November.

But Irish citizens responded angrily to the plan, which was likened to the "Let them eat cake" comment by Marie Antoinette that provoked the French revolution. More...

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