This week Michael Healy-Rae infiltrated the Dublin 4 media bubble as the co-presenter of Virgin Media’s Tonight Show. When one does (in this instance, Yates) they seek interesting alternatives – a trained journalist, six cats in a sack or, in this instance, Michael Healy-Rae, God King of the Southern Reach. “Have you been lobbied, Michael, or do you need to be lobbied?” asks Matt Cooper, clear he’s not a figment of his imagination now. “I think he’s one of the lobbyists,” says Senator Frances BlackThe truth is, Michael Healy-Rae isn’t really presenting at all. In Irish politics we are all Michael Healy-Rae.

Source: The Irish Times September 29, 2018 03:56 UTC