Bertie turns gas issue into a political circus

THE Taoiseach has finally explained his Government’s approach to the Corrib gas debacle. You see, it is all a question of turning things on their heads.

As he says, he has had his minister Noel Dempsey “standing on his head all summer” in relation to this issue.

This explains how unique EU-designated special land and marine conservation areas become areas of industrial gas refining and toxic pollutant discharge.