Smartin’ Martin makes a real meal of country (and western) in crisis

Country in crisis! Emergency legislation demanded! Taoiseach must act!

Has the Dáil finally awoken from its shameful slumber and been forced into doing something about the 1,000 homeless families left abandoned in Dublin, the 100,000 working people living below the poverty line, or the 150,000 households mired in the mortgage debt crisis?

Erm, no, because the country in crisis is not poor old Ireland, it’s country and western music — and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is demanding emergency action to bring Garth Brooks back.