The proposed government policy to cap the tax take from property construction projects at a time when property values are rising countrywide at a rate far exceeding inflation is misguided and truly alarming.

All are equal but some are more equal than others. So say the bankers.

The prospect of Mary O’Rourke and other ex-Fianna Fáil politicians being allowed to distort banking history by relating ‘dúirt se liom go nduirt sé leis? ’ to an already warped banking enquiry is extremely worrying.

Water, water everywhere and not a tear to shed: well not for Big Phil, he’s washed his hands of it; not for Irish Water’s public relations consultants, they’re swimming in it; not for Cool Michael, his party neglected it for years; not for Moustache Willie, he’s turning up the pressure when Irish Water turn his down; not for Alan Kelly, he’s up to his neck in it; not for the young, the aged and unemployed, they are getting free allowances; not for Joe Public, he deserves the shower he elects.