Irish politics is same horror story with different players

THEY’RE back.

Sat, 16 Feb, 2013 - 00:00
Shaun Connolly
Shaun Connolly

The Leinster House Of Horrors presents: The Creature From The Black Slump Lagoon — Fianna Fáil, the great beast of Irish politics, has risen from its shallow grave and now threatens to join a future government near you.

That is, if you believe one opinion poll, but inching ahead is remarkable in itself just two years after they led this country to economic disaster — though it says more about the despair of voters than any renewed faith in the FFers.

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