Michael McDowell on politics

Voters have every right to be cynical about a government that appears to be failing in virtually all areas of policy

A slogan urging voters to get Leo Varadkar out of office is being prepared for the next election by opposition strategists.

The intention is to exploit weariness with the current government and a growing sense of alienation from ministers who are increasingly considered as a somewhat effete and ineffectual Dublin elite.

Whenever the next general election comes – and that could be any time from this November to next May - Irish voters ...