Top civil servants in key Government departments are slowly coming to terms with the realisation that their political masters are on holiday and no longer need constant therapy, counselling and reassurance. The development has freed the mandarins to get back to running the country and they have already come up with some exciting solutions to our myriad problems.
In what could prove a huge boost to the country, the nation’s greatest thinkers have designed to reconsider – and if necessary reimagine – all aspects of Mirish life to see if they can be presented in a better light.
Early reports to The Mire suggest that the bureaucrats could be on to something. “We are very excited about this,” a source said. “We are reimagining everything. We are now calling the M50 and the Red Cow roundabout state of the art traffic solutions. They are no longer allowed to have a negative connotation.”
“Unemployment is to be called employment. Unsolved crime is to be reassigned as not having taken place. Everything is up for grabs. We could even have the best Health service in the world all we have to do is say as much.”
However, the source admitted there were some limits to a reimagined Mireland. Reports in today’s newspapers suggesting that 300 kilometres of the country’s roads were to be redesignated as motorways were described as “completely implausible”.
“You can’t just call a road a motorway. The Mirish people aren’t completely stupid.”
