Beware of ‘green shoot’ hunters suffering political hallucinations

EACH year at this time, I see it as my duty to tell you what’s going to happen next year.

I try not to reflect on the fact that I’m incapable of picking a winner at Leopardstown and remind myself about the things I got right (or nearly right) in my forecasts last year. Like cuts in child benefit, a terrible drubbing for the government parties in the local and European elections and the passage of the Lisbon Treaty. I was wrong about compulsory home holiday legislation. They didn’t get around to passing that law – mind you, so few people were able to afford a holiday abroad they probably didn’t have to. Anyway, here are my predictions. !

JANUARY