Taoiseach and his ministers have been up in the clouds for far too long

BERTIE wants a new €60 million jet from Santa.

Every Dáil deputy would probably like to buy their cigars and booze from Aer Rianta’s Duty Free shops in the way government ministers do while Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy would probably like to raid the Bank of England’s gold reserves to fund next year’s government borrowing.

Talk about giving mixed messages to the electorate.