Ireland’s debt masters have said the Government must rein in its runaway health budget if it is to continue reaching its bailout targets.

Just one in 10 financial managers in the HSE tasked with preventing a €500m overspend this year are qualified for the role.

The finances of the Health Service Executive are to come under fresh scrutiny as it has already overspent its budget by €145m in the first quarter of 2012.

Even television paymasters Sky are struggling to talk up the two horse “title race” this season. The relentless hype masks the listless encounters between sides whose only priority is to avoid defeat. Jason Mellor and Mark Ogden name and shame the guilty parties.