Class act from the Money Minister

TEACH your children well. Leave the next generation in the capable hands of Professor Charlie McCreevy.

The Minister for Finance revealed yet another string to his talented bow by holding a masterclass for the youth of Fianna Fáil on subjects as diverse as mathematics, planning, rural development, education and sociology.

Yet it was the philosophy tutorial that stood out as he explained the complex rationale behind his proposal to push ahead with decentralisation and to hell with begrudgers who say it cannot and should not be done.