Politicians never get so angry about issues that matter to the rest of us

THE ranks of Fianna Fáil are upset, apparently because Taoiseach Bertie Ahern favoured Mary Wallace over Seán Haughey in the little reshuffle that caused a lot of feathers to be ruffled this week.

So ruffled, in fact, that one could almost imagine a run on the euro would follow, or interest rates would go through the roof.

Nothing of the sort happened.