Winners & losers

GOODBYE to all that and don’t come back round here no more.

As years go, 2011 never even reached the level of middling. It was one to file away under ‘could have done a hell of a lot better’.

It started off with new hope. The Government was seeing out its notice, and we were promised a brand new day. Once the coalition had settled down, it became obvious that it was same as it ever was. New faces, throw in a few bells and whistles, Enda Kenny walking to work instead of being driven, it didn’t amount to a hill of beans. Fine Gael and Labour promised change, but they never let on that they just meant the faces.