“There will be consequences.” It is a great phrase. Evocative, yet ambiguous. Authoritative, yet vague. It is why politicians like to use the phrase so much. It allows them to take the high moral ground without revealing what the actual consequences will be. Simon Harris resorted to the phrase yesterday when the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science warned of “consequences” for management at the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) if passengers are forced to miss flights due to shambolic delays at the airport this weekend. “People are paid to do services. You have a very simple…

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