I WAS aghast to read so much anti-Fine Gael rhetoric in recent times about possible further EU scrutiny of the Irish budgetary process and taxation policies.

THE European Parliament failed to halt the decline in voter interest as the elections registered its lowest ever turnout over the past 20 years at 43%.

FINE GAEL has dismissed Libertas’ election prospects, saying the party does not have enough people on the ground to canvass effectively.

THERE are many points of contrast between Dana and Britney Spears, but not the least of them is this: Dana knows how to keep herself in the public eye without doing anything indecent.