Workers left without a paddle as sinking ship calls May Day

MAY Day! May Day! Government sinking under the weight of its own incompetence.!

The once-great ship of state that was Fianna Fáil listed badly in the hot water of its own making as hapless first mate Brian Lenihan tried to steer it way from the beckoning rocks.

The annual workers’ holiday of May 1 looked like a cruel joke to the record numbers of unemployed tossed over the sides to sink or swim in the unforgiving currents below.