The big two must come together to save Ireland

The time for party political posturing is well and truly over. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil must join forces to rescue the nation.

Have we now reached a point of no return in the nation’s affairs?

This is certainly an extraordinary moment in all of our lives, and I suspect that few could ever have anticipated the zeitgeist now gripping Ireland. One by one the institutions that seemed to be bulwarks of our society have crumbled.

A year ago, we were witnessing the passing of the Celtic tiger era, but nobody foresaw the dimensions of today’s ...