Irish Examiner view: Embattled James Browne faces tough task in righting housing mess

It is true that the housing minister has played a bad hand poorly to date, but he inherited a difficult in-tray

Brendan McDonagh has withdrawn from the new housing tsar role.

Our political leaders might reflect on whether they should prepare an updated version of Lady Bracknell’s acidic observation to Mr Worthing in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.

“To lose one preferred candidate for a generously remunerated state sinecure may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness.”