Honesty with voters is an alien concept to Enda and Co

SO, the Taoiseach believes voters will not want to be “bribed” into backing the Yes campaign in the EU fiscal compact referendum — sorry, Enda, but have you ever met the Irish people?

We want as much dosh as you can squeeze out of Brussels and we want it now — then, and only then, can you have your little fiscal compact thingy.

But, not to worry, happy days will soon be here again, because Mr Kenny and Co are engaged in “technical talks” with our EU masters to cut the country’s unpayable debt burden — well, they say they are anyway.