Ireland mulls fat tax

[Limeoutsider]

Ireland, noted for fried breakfasts of epic proportions, is chewing over the possibility of a special tax on fatty foods to tackle rising obesity levels. Faced with an epidemic of expanding waistlines as the Irish enjoy unprecedented prosperity, Health Minister Micheal Martin confirmed he was "very tentatively" examining slapping a levy on high-fat comestibles

 

[red indian]

I can think of one or two more taxes....................

.........such as a one hundred percent tax on any money they raise as a result of fund raising for the IRA in the USA by NORAID. That would be a very good new tax for Ireland.