Politics trumps social justice... again

It’s OK, you can come out now. It’s all over.

Nobody died, but large swathes of the population have certainly got it between the eyes.

Yesterday’s budget was flagged as a howler and it lived up to all expectations. The catalogue of pain is long and varied. Practically everybody in the State has had their pockets lightened, but the real issue that was only beginning to crystallise last night was which constituency is worst hit.