Golden cocktails for the select few while thousands sink into poverty

IT USED to be said the streets of London were paved with gold, but if you have €500 to spare, and are stupid enough, a Dublin hotel will pave your palate with a cocktail containing 23-carat gold flakes.

Psychologically, what is billed as the world’s most expensive cocktail will appeal to those who want to flaunt their wealth and to other gobshites who want to be thought of as having as much as them.

Whoever in the hotel came up with the idea must be a firm believer in the old adage that a fool and his (or her) money are soon parted, especially if the fool can’t afford it.