MONDAY’S MEETING of the Borough District of Wexford council descended into hysterics after Cllr. Davy Hynes mixed his metaphors a bit too much during a discussion on the state of the roads in Wexford.

Cllr. Hynes, referring to the fact that road tax money is being siphoned off to assist “the villain of the piece” Irish Water, remarked: “We are being rode bareback by Irish Water!”

A somewhere between shocked and amused Mayor, Cllr. George Lawlor replied: “That’s a bit strong, isn’t it?” but law and order had already broken down amongst the giddy councillors and it would have taken a sheriff with a shotgun to calm the situation.

“There’s the front page!” Cllr. Fergie Kehoe bellowed towards the press table while someone else made a comment about ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and another councillor called: “Down with this sort of thing!”

“He’s even wearing the right colour coat!” another councillor remarked amongst the chatter, referring to the Davitt Road man’s grey jacket.

Cllr. Lawlor however was clearly still digesting the original comment: “I’ve got a mental picture in my head now that is not good at all!”

For his own part, the Independent councillor was completely indifferent to the furore he had created, shrugging it off and saying that he had meant the remark from an equestrian point of view and clearly his colleagues and those in the chamber had dirty minds!

He went on to make his point about how people were paying road tax but large chunks of that money were not coming back to be spent on Wexford roads.

As the meeting ended, Cllr. Hynes made his way towards the door but stopped at the press table to cheekily remark: “Don’t forget that quote now!”