Last night former Fine Gael councillor Hugh McElvaney, from Monaghan, was shown on RTE asking for £10,000 in exchange for aiding a developer get planning permission to build wind farms.

The report - part of RTE's ‘Standards in Public Life’ investigation that showed a number of politicians engaged in similar behaviour - has understandably caused outrage over the conduct of public officials, with debate raging over punishment and prevention of rogue politicians in Irish political life.

And with the outrage has come the ridicule. Irish comedy duo Epic News with Peter & Chris have gifted us a 90s pop twist on McElvaney’s deeds – the Macarena layered ‘Heyyyyy McElvaney (REMIX)’...

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