Fine Gael this week effectively acknowledged that Enda Kenny, taoiseach, lied in January 2015 when he reported a false total for recession job losses (see below). On Wednesday the Government’s jobs publicity machine generated 30 reports in the Irish media on announcements of up to 1,500 jobs that maybe created in 5 years (no company will guarantee what payroll it would have in 5 years) while also Wednesday in the Dáil, two Opposition spokespersons put questions to Richard Bruton, jobs and enterprise minister, on jobs targets and the politics of jobs spin. The proceedings in which Bruton trashed the credibility of Department of Finance economists, generated 1 media report (same report in 2 outlets).