Eleven new jobs in a company in Galway are not to be scoffed at - especially if you are a job seeker or a Minister of State eager to deliver the good news.

Noel Treacy filled the latter role last week when he issued a press release giving details of the additional employment at Tuam-based Galway Homeopathic. The Minister's enthusiasm is to be commended but the Margin fears the worst. With the forces of the State being mustered to bring such modest tidings to the public, can a general election be very far away?