There is a better way — let us all pull together and take a 5% pay cut

DURING the week I advised everyone to stop talking about the report prepared by Colm McCarthy and his colleagues, and to read it instead. I’ve taken my own advice — I’ve read the report in both volumes and as much as possible of the commentary about it.

And boy, am I sorry. If you’re looking for the odd smile or two, or something that might keep you awake, don’t go near the Bord Snip report.

While bits of it are well written, and on the whole it’s not difficult to follow, you constantly feel like locking yourself up in a darkened room and having a good weep while you read it. If this is a cure, you keep saying to yourself, maybe I’d be better off with the disease.