It’s a great country — if you’re a six-figure deputy on 90 days’ leave

IT IS utterly absurd. Having spent just 95 days in their place of employment since last September — about the equivalent of another man’s overtime — our TDs are reaching for the Factor 10.

They are taking another 90-day holiday to recover or, to put it another way, practically a day-off for every day worked.

It amounts to a peculiar perk.