I know how you felt next morning, Taoiseach. Sorry, it’s just not on

IT’S confession time. I’m guilty of having once committed much the same sin as Brian Cowen did this week with his drinking/little sleep/subsequent interview routine, but it’s not going to stop me from throwing a few stones at the Taoiseach nonetheless.

I imagine that for many of you the word that immediately springs to mind is hypocrisy, but as the legendary journalist Con Houlihan, a man who was very fond of his pints, used to write in his Evening Press column: “Now read on”.

So let me explain.