Coming soon: Bad Santa and the evil little elves

OUR new Governor General, Olli Rehn, is coming to town. Unlike Santa Clause, he is carrying a sackful of bad news only. We, apparently, have been really naughty boys and girls.

The Governor has made his cuts list, he’s checked it twice. We are all going to get our own little parcel of misery. When dealing with the Good Santa, there is a consistent correlation between the income of the particular household and the kind of presents he delivers.

In post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, the ‘Santa principle’ is being abandoned. The homes of the naughtiest boys and girls will get the smallest parcels of bad news, but the best boys and girls will get parcels of misery they won’t be able to lift.