Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

We are back to GUBU days with the decision of the Taoiseach on forming a new Government a few weeks out from an election. The Financial Times refers to the Taoiseach as being toast. The Irish Times refers to the Government as heading for the knacker's yard yet every effort is being made to delay the election and to delay the recovery of this economy and the image of this country, both domestically and internationally.

The ultimate GUBU event of this week is the inscrutable distinction made by Deputy Mary Hanafin between confidence in the leader and confidence in the Taoiseach. When does the Taoiseach-----