Snap poll: Bertie is top of the pops

BERTIE Ahern yesterday bagged the accolade of the politician who had done the best job in the 29th Dáil, according to an IrishJobs.ie survey.

Snap poll: Bertie is top of the pops

The news was not quite as good for Tánaiste Michael McDowell, who was voted the second-worst politician.

The snap poll by the employment company showed 20% of respondents giving Mr McDowell a thumbs down. Health Minister Mary Harney got 26% of the votes for doing a bad job.

When asked to judge the progress of departments or services, respondents said the Government’s worst failure was in the area of health (57%), followed by transport (13%).

The greatest success was regarded as enterprise, trade and employment (44%) followed by finance (18%).

Nursing, at 44%, was the job that most respondents thought party leaders should do for one month, followed by refuse collectors at 22% and a garda, at 13%.

Respondents said they would install Bob Geldof, Michael O’Leary and Roy Keane as ministers for health, transport and sport respectively.

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