Our fiscal hole continues to deepen

ONE of great mysteries of modern times is why the Government and, indeed, the employers, place such store in the partnership process.

It was important in the early days but it has become a monster which took decision-making out of the Dáil, thereby emasculating the democratic process.

The monster was a Bertie Ahern creation but was it in the national interest? How did Fr Sean Healy of CORI become such a cog in the wheel that he made it all the way to the Fianna Fáil “tent” in Inchydoney? Who represents the taxpayers, the group that is suffering the consequences of the money squandered?