Voters ask for favours then complain about favouritism

AH, the Dáil, what a shower of hypocrites — the voters that is, not just the politicians.

Outrage rightly greeted the latest shenanigans of stroke specialist, Dr James Reilly, when it emerged the health minister had fast-forwarded hospital projects that just happened to be in the constituencies of his Cabinet buddies, even though the poverty-stricken HSE listed them as non-priorities.

To add gravy to the train tracks, Public Expenditure Reform Minister, Brendan Howlin, authorised extra cash for a non-priority project in his Wexford power base.