Tuesday January 28, 2020
Sign In Subscribe

"Political bigotry and the ‘narcissism of small differences’ are keeping Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael apart"

Pity the poor independent TDs who have devoted 100 hours to talks with parties whose leaders could not spare each other a half hour

10th April, 2016
"Is it not very strange that both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were quite willing to go into government with the Labour Party - a party well to the left of either of them - but are not willing to govern with a party to which they are far closer in terms of ideology and history? Why? The answer is simple - naked party self-interest."

T his has been a bad week for Ireland. Instead of earning the respect of the people, the leaders of the two large parties seem intent on courting their contempt. Their efforts to position themselves favourably in the public eye and to outflank each other are pitiful.

All the talk of 1916 and of patriotism, vision and self-sacrifice two weeks ago evaporated when Enda Kenny and Micheál Martin showed themselves incapable and unwilling to stay...

Subscribe from just €1 for the first month!

Exclusive offers:

All Digital Access + eReader

Trial

€1

Unlimited Access for 1 Month

Then €19.99 a month after the offer period.

Get basic
*New subscribers only
You can cancel any time.

Annual

€200

€149 For the 1st Year

Unlimited Access for 1 Year

Get all access
You can cancel any time.

Quarterly

€55

€42

90 Day Pass

Get 3 months
You can cancel any time.

Team Pass

Get a Business Account for you and your team

Get Team Pass

Log in to continue reading

Privacy Policy
|
Terms & Conditions
Share this post

Related Stories

Net-zero pledge in Green Deal is EU’s most ambitious plan yet

Varying interests will be lining up to fight their corner as Europe aims to reorganise and reinvent economic supply chains to ‘reconcile the economy with our planet’

Daniel Murray | 1 month ago

Companies that prepare for worst can make most of Brexit

The threat of no-deal has led many businesses to identify and eliminate inefficiencies, allowing them to do more with less

Brian Cremin | 1 month ago

The first rule of family money: you must talk about family money

Real conversations about wealth transfer from parents to children are a must – and they should be had in plenty of time

Peter Kinsella | 1 month ago