Opinion
25 May 20

Dominic Cummings' No. 10 press conference has met with widespread Irish scorn

Boris Johnson's senior aide and, some would say, Britain's de facto PM makes car crash media appearance

Dominic Cummings' attempt to defend the Lockdown-breaching indefensible doesn't seem to have won over the Irish jury. There have been lots of Father Dougal and Alan Partridge comparisons with some of Cummings' justifications for being where he shouldn't surreal in the extreme.
It's hard to know where Boris' bezzie goes from here - certainly not back to any Northeastern beauty spots.
Here are some of the most eye-catching tweets that have been appearing on our timeline:

"My vision had been a bit weird" - that's Dom's epitaph sorted if he achieves nothing else this afternoon.

— Barry Glendenning (@bglendenning) May 25, 2020

"No, no, I'll go set them all straight, put them in their place a bit and everything will be fine..."#DominicCummings pic.twitter.com/PyfESScyDq

— ℂ (@ConorS) May 25, 2020

https://t.co/FP8Ixmthuh

— Anne Cronin (@AnneCronin5) May 25, 2020

BBC ask a reporter: "From a PR point of view, do you think the government got [Cummings matter] badly wrong?"

It's PR genius and media play along. They've us all talking about sacking Cummings instead of overthrowing Tories for 37,000 deaths and millions in financial difficulty.

— Daniel Collins (@DanielCollins85) May 25, 2020

Funnily enough, driving a car at high speed to test if your eyes are working is an almost perfect analogy for Brexit.

— Colm Tobin (@colmtobin) May 25, 2020

Spare a thought for all the opticians who spent years training, only to find out you just get behind the wheel and go to a scenic town to test your eyesight when it’s bad. #Dominiccummimgs pic.twitter.com/bwNxWCYW7m

— Shane Beatty (@ShaneBeattyNews) May 25, 2020

Can't deal with the amount of fidgeting #DominicCummings is doing. Dude, your water jug will not save you. And NEITHER will those scribbles.

— Nadine O'Regan (@NadineORegan) May 25, 2020

It's hard to comment on what I'm watching on @BBCNews without coming across as mocking the British people. Going to be very hard to get people to buy in to social distancing now. Being told it's no big deal really. All bad for Ireland as well too of course.

— niall quinn tweets ....in fits and bursts... (@NiallQuinnLK73) May 25, 2020

The tactic being used by #boris here is one that is being used by armies of politicians across the world. Make a total balls of something, keep the head down for a week and it will blow over . And you know what, it does blow over. And that’s the problem. #cummings

— Niall Breslin (@nbrez) May 25, 2020

Who the fuck drives to a castle to test there eyesight? Surely if you have concern about your eyesight at all, you wouldn’t get behind the wheel of a car 🤯 #DominicCummings #COVIDー19

— Stephen James (@MrSteJames) May 25, 2020

The hindsight test isn't going quite as successfully as the eyesight test. #CummingsStatement

— Philip Nolan (@philipnolan1) May 25, 2020

#Domnishambles

A man got four weeks prison in NI a few weeks ago for driving a similar distance as Cummings did. pic.twitter.com/edOekExbEE

— Mark Malone (@soundmigration) May 25, 2020