New horsemen of apocalypse paint it grey at party sink-in

THE Galway tent may have been blown away in the bust but things equine still dominate Fianna Fáil gatherings in the city – only these days it is the four horsemen of the economic apocalypse racing towards them.

The Book of Revelations let loose Pestilence, Famine, War and Death – Fianna Fáil’s Book of Devastations heralds the evil steeds, Cuts, Anglo, Jobless and Deficit, trampling all beneath their hooves.

A “The End Is Nigh” feeling permeated the parliamentary party meeting at the Ardiluan Hotel, its edifice appearing to be crushed under an angry black sky that spat down torrents of rain at the TDs below.