THE GOVERNMENT RELEASED its spring statement this afternoon, and it’s safe to say that reaction has been, well, a little mixed to what felt like a bit of a pre-election statement as opposed to an announcement of mad economic wonder.
As you might expect, Twitter had plenty to say about the coalition’s self-love fest, and not all of it kind…
There was sober political analysis:
Rampant cynicism from the head of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation:
This guy reckoned the Taoiseach was keeping himself awake by any means possible:
To be fair, having the former Labour Tanaiste there to mix things up might have been interesting:
We’re not falling for this one again Barry…:
A not altogether unreasonable request:
Please, the Irish people would never do something as daft as this:
Did the clocks go forward then?
The spring statement was definitely making a statement about something:
This woman sounds like she was very close to going over the edge:
And finally, and predictably:
So, it was all a big fuss about not much it seems.
Still and all, if there’s a spring statement it must officially be spring, so that’s good.
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