WITH the rumblings of Garglegate in Galway still continuing, we had the story of PJ Sheehan threatening the young garda outside Leinster House when she prevented him from driving his car because he had too much to drink.

GENERAL elections seem to be developing into an auction in promises,” Charlie McCreevy complained in the early ’80s. “We are so hell-bent on assuming power that we are prepared to do anything for it.”