Pressing right button

ALL these unsecured unguaranteed bondholders, whoever they are, must be overwhelmed by the unbounded generosity of a foolish and submissive Irish Cabinet for getting their gambling money returned to them, possibly with interest, while in many cases the life’s savings of trusting citizens in irish banks are gone forever.

Of course with the inherited whip system in operation the only choice open to backbenchers is to press the appropriate button when told to do so.

Tom Donovan