Time travel may yet help solve referendum riddle

EVEN before the campaign over the Fiscal Stability Compact Referendum thingy had officially begun, it was already clear a No vote would have a devastating effect on what’s left of our economy.

It’s also clear that a Yes vote would have a devastating effect on our economy.

Bailout funds: that’s the key. We’ve been told Ireland will not require another bailout. But just say we did want one, just for the crack, like. Well, we’d go to the IMF or the ESF or M&S, or some other acronym: there’s loads of them. So many, in fact that we’ll have no bother at all getting another bailout that we don’t need.