Vote ‘no’ and we’ll become Greek and grow moustaches

FINALLY, the streets of Ireland are plastered with ‘vote yes’ and ‘vote no’ posters, both claiming they will save us from economic doom.

No doubt, you’ve trilled to the sound of the referendum commission adverts droning through the details of what it is we are voting on and how it is terribly important that you exercise your mandate, because, if you don’t, the issue could go the wrong way and it will be All Your Fault.

For those unable to muster any passion about the fiscal compact — or for those who feel that a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ vote won’t make much difference — there’s been little to engender enthusiasm or even to make a special diary entry for polling day. Whenever that is. The continuing chaos in Europe has some of the ‘yes’ side admitting that it might not be too clever to ratify the compact until we know, for sure, if the new French president is a raging commie or if we’ll be using old socks for currency by the end of the summer.