Pub spy policy proves it: This government doesn’t have a clue

THE GOVERNMENT has come up with an incredibly original solution to the country’s drink problem.

Pub spy is a new policy which is going to be let loose on unsuspecting publicans all over the place by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell, who is taking on the mantle of a latter-day Matt Talbot in his zeal to get the country sober on a Thursday nights at any rate.

Undercover gardaí are to engage in "covert" operations and video cameras are to be used in a crackdown on this major problem country within the next few weeks.