Santa’s helpers refuse to budge

Problem? What problem? It my take three years. It may take four years.

“It’s a bit like Christmas. It always comes,” philosophised the supreme Sheikh outside his tent at Fianna Fáil’s decentralised location at Ballybrit.

Listen lads, Government ministers wearily explained this week, we shouldn’t bother too much with the cribbing from the Ebenezers in the opposition and media - those who peddle “nonsense and lies”.