Spring Statement: "Over blown, over bearing and out of touch"

Even the National Association of Anti-Climaxes would have refused the Spring Statement entry to its ranks for fear of reducing their already disappointing reputation to an all time low in the minds of right thinking people, suggests political correspondent Shaun Connolly.

After more leaks than an Irish Water pipeline, the Spring statement was much like that unloved utility — over blown, over bearing and out of touch.

Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin took it in turns to speak for thirty minutes each as they competed with one another to see who could be the most banal and vacuous — Spoiler Alert: It was Howlin.