This week Fine Gael’s Maurice Hayes cut short attempts to scapegoat the Forum on Europe, which he chaired, for the Lisbon referendum result. The result is commonly referred to in political circles as ‘a failure.’
‘I wasn’t aware we were supposed to make up for the deficiencies of the education system,’ he said. The comment slipped under the No campaigners’ radar.
Meanwhile, relaxing in Tullamore’s Bridge House Hotel late last night, Taoiseach Brian Cowen confided his preferred scapegoat to barstaff.
‘I trusted Staunton to bring us to the Euros. You can do anything when the soccer’s on,’ he explained.
Two lounge-boys wiped tables and collected glasses in the vicinity as Mr Cowen continued:
‘Nice was rejected in June 2001. But then you had World Cup 2002. People were wetting their pants with anticipation. Sure they even voted us back in in May. We only got to the second round but the feelgood factor lasted till October, when we hit you with Nice Two.’
‘There was nothing like that this time around. My coming to power was good. All the photographs and handshakes. But it was no Saipan…’
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