SBP Editorial: Power play disguises wider political changes

The process of forming a government has been moving at a glacial pace over the past five weeks. But, to some extent, the focus on the lengthy talks with independents and the manoeuvring between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have disguised the wider changes in the political climate.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has noted that the spectrum of parties and independents elected to the 32nd Dáil means that politics is never going to be ...