It is a horrendous insult to every taxpayer that 19 of our ministers were jaunting around the world on St Patrick’s Day, and beyond.

SO our Bertie fears some lu-lu may emerge from the bushes to threaten his health and safety.

COULD the Minister for Agriculture and the president of the IFA refrain from their desire to frolic in public? (Irish Examiner Farming cover photo, June 29).