Why tell the thieves what gardaí plan to do?

Do you ever wake up and feel as though you are in cuckoo land or worse still in Disneyland?

Well, I do. I woke this morning to the fantasy news that our fairytale government is to dispatch a special squad to safeguard our country cousins from our rampaging thieving magpies.

Announcing your intention to your enemy is real Monty Python stuff. I must admit, the government has some high quality comedy scriptwriters on their books to come up with this one.