Public pay could undermine the major gains since 2011

Enda Kenny does not want to be remembered as the Taoiseach who presided over an economic recovery but who then went on to undermine the economy by striking an agreement that will burden all of us for a long time to come, writes Paul Mills

We know the plans of Enda Kenny to step down as leader of Fine Gael and as Taoiseach. What we also know is that he does not want to be remembered as the Taoiseach who presided over an economic recovery but who then went on to undermine the economy by striking an agreement that will burden all of us for a long time to come.

As we now all know or believe, the collapse of our economy had many fathers, some international and some home grown, some unavoidable and some entirely avoidable.