Big Phil fails to come clean as stink from fiasco escalates

Phil Hogan’s attempts to wash his hands of blame for the latest fiasco his finger prints were all over was harder to swallow than a glass of cryptosporidium-infected water.

Feck-It-Up Phil, the Minister For Mismanagement, was insisting the uproar provoked by revelations Irish Water was splurging €86m on outside consultants was nothing to do with him.

What did people expect? Hands-Off-Hogan to actually take charge of something his department was pumping the taxpayer’s treasure into?