With drink on at an inappropriate time of the day and having that giddy impulse to do something I know I’ll regret in the morning a few minutes on my hands I thought I’d share with you my highs and lows of 2007.

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I’m way above the power of TV commercials to influence my spending habits but, on the other hand, I’m pretty sure I’d like this beer

Has Bertie actually resigned? Or does it just feel like he has? Either way, now that he’s gone, it’s time to nostalgically recount stories of ‘our little brush with the greatness that was the Prime Minister of that country of four million on the rain soaked north west periphery of Europe which people from our nearest neighbour (Wales) don’t actually know the capital of’.

I was amazed to discover just this week that all thirty four City and County Managers as well as the folks one step down from them (Directors of Services) can ‘volunteer’ to participate in a scheme which bags them a potential end of year bonus of 20% of their annual salary which, if you’re the Dublin City Manager on €183,000 a year, isn’t bad going.