A civil servant was recently spotted striding across Dublin city centre.

Apparently, the apparatchik had come from a yoga session at the Department of Finance. Bloody hell! I wonder if anybody has informed Michael Noonan?

The Minister for Finance had better put his foot down soon or they’ll be eating granola and warning him off tax cuts next.

The department confirmed there are lunchtime keep fit classes, paid for by staff, in Government Buildings. As well as yoga and pilates, there is boxercise (boxing keep-fit), which sounds more like Noonan’s thing.

Yoga in the Department of Finance?

I suppose they’ll need a bit of flexibility for the upcoming budget.