You really do not want to screw with the irish. Unlike the greeks that will go out in the streets and destroy their own property, the Irish will go out and your streets and destroy yours and do it quietly and covertly. Although Ireland does have some programs it could cut. For instance...there is a program for drunks there. If a doctor diagnoses you as an alcoholic, the government will give you the equivilent of $50 per week to buy alcohol.
the greeks know that if you owe the bank a little the bank owns you and if you owe a lot you own the bank...