THE self-serving, typically ‘cute-hoor’ response of the Government to the High Court decision in relation to the Donegal by-election is the latest twist in the epic tale of Ireland’s spiralling democratic deficit and outrageous contempt for the electorate by a rudderless Government that is incapable of reform.

SHOULD price-gouging restaurateurs who bottle and sell their own tap water at exorbitant prices not also charge their gullible customers pro-rata each time they flush the restaurant toilet?