Advisers should solve problems, not create them

Enda Kenny is entitled to expect routine competence from the people around him, writes Pat Rabbitte.

Pat Rabbitte.

An Indian summer, economic figures that exceed most optimistic forecasts, regular job announcements and a government in some disarray. How to explain it to the visitor from Mars?

At last we may dare to hope that our long economic winter is behind us. Our neighbour declares war on militant Islam, the EU declares war on corporate tax evasion, a significant budget is imminent and the news is dominated by the proposed filling of ...