On borrowed time

SO the public sector unions — led by an ill-assorted collection of working class heroes each paid way into six figures per annum — are set to take to the streets to entertain us with great displays of mock indignation over the hardships they must endure while we borrow €400 million every week to keep them in the style to which they have become accustomed.

Welcome to the Spud Republic.

John O’Driscoll