Dempsey gives shot in the arm to FG

Fine Gael’s new slogan is ‘On YOUR side’. I was bit bamboozled when I saw it first. What the hell does it mean?

If you inserted an extra word 'back' near the end of the sentence, it might no longer make for their slogan of choice but it would give a cruel and more accurate description of FG's stock over the past 15 years.

And then, on Thursday night it all became clear. FG had been fantastically prescient. They were actually referring to the Minister for Education and the act of extraordinary generosity he was about to bestow on them.