Economy in the hands of ‘the Three Stooges’

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte claimed last night that the Government’s management of the economy resembles the comic antics of the Three Stooges.

Speaking at the opening session of his party conference in Killarney, he said: "The Taoiseach forgets how long he has had the job, the Tánaiste forgets what she said last year, and the Minister for Finance forgets that the Dáil isn't in Cheltenham."

Mr Rabbitte said we now know the cost of Fianna Fáil's election promises with 15,000 more people out of work and inflation running at twice the European average.