IRELAND’S POLITICIANS ARE getting away with a lot.

Unpaid bills at the Dáil bar and restaurant worth almost €5,000 are being written off after repeated attempts to recoup the amounts from TDs and Senators failed.

Bad form from our public representatives. But what about you?

Have you ever walked away without paying a bar tab?

Poll Results:

No, I've always paid (5311)

I've never run up a tab (3421)

Yes (752)

I don't drink (277)

Yes
No, I've always paid
I don't drink
I've never run up a tab

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Poll: Have you ever not paid your bar tab?

Poll Results:

Making a difference

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