We must not end up back on our knees

If we are not careful we will be back where we started.

In a way we should be grateful to Enda Kenny — that is grateful that he did not follow his own Programme for Government.

Given his Government’s performance in those areas it did deal with such as the property tax, their dealings with the Garda whistleblower issue, the McNulty affair and last but certainly not least, the Irish Water debacle, it is clear that it cannot be seen to be a proverbial ‘safe pair of hands’. It just always seems to pick the wrong option.