IT is difficult to reconcile the great bile-fest generated by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn’s pension with the rabbits-in-the-headlights acceptance that we can do nothing to claw back some of the truly incredible retirement packages enjoyed by those whose fingerprints are all over the corpse of Ireland’s economy.

Junior Minister for Justice Frank Fahey tonight apologised after his ministerial car was caught travelling at almost 80 miles-per-hour.