‘Catch us if you can’ appeared to be the motto of Jobs Minister Richard Bruton as he set off on a whirlwind canvass of bemused voters like a little Duracell bunny.

WHILE JFK’s 1,000 days in office were dubbed Camelot, the Fianna Fáil/Green coalition’s 1,000 days in power could be more aptly summed-up as Slumpalot.

BRIAN Cowen tried to play down the infection as just a touch of whine flu because the last thing he needs is it exploding into an epidemic of dissent, threatening his Government’s already frail health.