Kelleher does his best to stand up for Maiden Éire

MISMATCHED spats always end in pain. Only in Hollywood does the little guy walk away with his legs, not to mind a world title.

Fianna Fáil Minister for Trade and Commerce Billy Kelleher versus Dan O’Brien, senior Europe editor and economist with the Economist Intelligence Unit, the London-based business analysis magazine. Ouch! Wee Rocky standing up to Gargantuan Realism in defence of the economic virtue of Maiden Éire. Here’s a blow-by-blow account.

Billy Kelleher said: “The remarks made by Dan O’Brien are very damaging to our country and what we are trying to achieve as a government.