Leo’s spin machine attracts nothing but bad publicity

In the aftermath of Budget 2018, it wasn’t the big ticket items in health, housing or social protection that got the Dáil in a tizzy.

Instead, the Government’s €5m allocation to the new Strategic Communications Unit got Fianna Fáil in a spin which in turn wound up the Taoiseach.

While designed to manage and encourage positive Government messaging, the Strategic Communications Unit has — in its short existence -— attracted nothing but bad publicity.