Cormac MacConnell: The kind of economic boom I can’t wait for

There is one surefire foolproof way to make 2015 a memorable gilt-edged year, which will boost the economy in about every sector, which will totally energise all of us, which will have all the qualities of a second Rising and which, above all else, will fill the country with high old craic.

The Government can achieve all this alchemy with one stroke of a pen — by instantly calling a general election, to be decided before the end of May. The purest of truths, yet again.

I am well aware that the current Government, which has served us honourably through hard times, can hang on until next year, if they wish.