Ill-informed Dempsey creates a cloud of confusion instead of helping to clear the fog

ONCE again Minister Noel Dempsey has showcased his bungling panache for creating a cloud of confusion whenever he swoops in to clear the fog.

In a badly informed and flippant performance on radio, he has proven his own recently articulated theory to be correct — the country copes just fine when he does not intervene.

With Iceland’s volcanic ash causing problems across northern Europe, the best he could offer was that there would be “real time information” available on Government websites.