Mick Clifford: Cost of Sinn Féin's housing plan is a bit of a Blur

Despite the hubbub about Oasis, the real big ticket item this week is Sinn Féin’s housing plan, its merits scuppered by the party’s apparent belief that it will be cost-free

Despite the hubbub about Oasis — depicted in Scott Wilcock’s mural in Manchester — the real big ticket item this week was SF’s housing plan, its merits scuppered by the party’s apparent belief that it will be cost free. Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty

A perusal of the media this week might conclude that the forthcoming election will be fought on dynamic pricing and the price of bicycle sheds.

The stories about the official ticket gouging for Oasis gigs and a silly but minor waste of public money on a bicycle shed were given way too much space. Both are indicative of a culture in which outrage drives interest in what is going on in the world.