True to life in the Republic of Kilinascully

THOSE who thought the comedy show Kilinascully was far too exaggerated may have to think again if they reflect on the various capers of the last few years.

The sergeant in Kilinascully is up to every trick in the book and though we might have considered his machinations beyond belief, we should now agree he’s doing little more than reflecting the Irish zeitgeist.

We’ve had a financial regulator who congratulated Anglo Irish Bank on managing its balance sheet with the words “Fair play to you, Willie” and we’ve had former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern explaining that his benefactor in Manchester was innocent as a baby because “he didn’t eat the dinner”.