Silence is golden, like Royston’s chains of office

GIVE a man a rope and he’ll hang himself. But give him a mayoral chain and he’ll choke himself.

Royston Brady might not be able to name all 10 accession states. He may be no Socrates when it comes to political philosophy. He may have the same attitude to studio interviews as a person would have to Rottweilers with rabies. But, according to the polls, he is going to coast into Europe.

Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins had a brilliant take on Royston’s media shyness yesterday. It came up during a Dáil debate on the future of Aer Rianta.