Why give Batt the cold shoulder?

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe’s decision initially to close the country’s schools until tomorrow caused outrage in Fine Gael and the media.

However, the decision taken was clearly based on the weather forecast at the time which predicted continuing severe weather for up to 10 days.

Fine Gael and the media turned on the minister for taking decisive action based on what was a particularly bad forecast on Friday last.