Fine Gael and Labour went into government promising a democratic revolution and the electorate rejected it because they did not trust them. They then rejected Fine Gael and Labour; so be it.

Enda Kenny’s so called ‘whinger’ gaffe in Castlebar was a slip of the tongue and a harmless comment when compared with what another Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern once suggested the people should do ie commit suicide, before plunging us into one of the worst economic disasters since the foundation of the State.

Vis a vis, the concept of Brexit, where does reasonable reality and practical common sense end, and naked, ugly, racism begin?

Fine Gael and Labour were given a mandate to radically reform the way Ireland is governed from top to bottom but they didn’t try to live up to the mandate they received.