THE poster boys for our financial crisis have been well established: Seánie Fitz, ‘Fingers’ Fingleton, Eugene Sheehy, Patrick Neary, Bertie Ahern, Charlie McCreevy, Brian Cowen.

NEGATIVITY of the national public mood is at fever pitch. The response to the allocation of free cheese has been bizarre. As part of the Common Agricultural Policy, the EU Commission has a regular policy of acquiring and distributing free food, within its remit.