Who needs junior ministers without a clearly defined job description?

THE controversy about whether Seán Haughey was shafted or just plain peed off has been an entirely spurious one.

The weekend stories to the effect that he was considering running as an independent in the next election were a laugh.

There was about as much chance of Seán Haughey, whose father and grandfather both led Fianna Fáil, leaving that party as there is of George W Bush trying to seek a third term as a Democrat.