Government’s dogged bid to clear up mess from the pup it sold us

THIS was quite some weekend for the Government.

They were in rag order all week, what with opinion polls scattering dioxins all over them and the broken promises theme running like a ghastly Barry Manilow song you hear in the morning and just can't get out of your mind for the whole day.

Admittedly, they had a cunning fight-back plan. This plan set out to convince the nation that Fianna Fáil had not misled anybody coming up to the election. The plan was supported by documentation, including chunks from the pre-election manifesto.