Department of “Infastructure” anybody? How much will it cost to fix those signs? Photograph: Sam Boal/ Collins Photos
The meany-guts bean counters in Jack Chambers’ Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) must be delighted to see the media so completely caught up in the closing days of the presidential election campaign.
Barring a last minute implosion, CMAC has it in the bag.
That’s Deputy Catherine Mary Ann Connolly, to give the woman her full title.
For now.
The talk is of little else, so, with any luck, our Guardians of the Public Purse might just get away with their very expensive-looking mistake. If anyone were to find out, the mandarins would be morto.
But polling day is just around the corner, so political minds are elsewhere.
There was a detached air about proceedings at Leaders’ Questions on Wednesday. Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald, wasn’t there for her usual joust with Micheál Martin, leaving Galway West TD Mairead Farrell to ably deputise for her.
In a different week, there was every possibility that a perennial favourite – the scandalous wasting of taxpayers’ money by a complacent Government - woul
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