Brian Crowley’s solo run leaves Soldiers of Destiny at sea, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill.

I have a dirty little secret; I’ve paid the household charge.

FIRST it was Tahrir Square in Egypt, but next time you see the army it could be in Market Square in Mitchelstown.

I DON’T resent Brian Lenihan giving the oration at Béal na mBláth because he is a member of Fianna Fáil. However, I do resent him presenting as a responsible politician when the party he is such a proud member of has done more to facilitate corruption in this country than any other party in modern Europe.

THE extraordinary resurgence of Fianna Fáil means the country’s most successful political party will form a record third government in a row.

ONE of the deficiencies in our Constitution is that there is no mechanism for dumping a government which has stolen power by perpetrating a massive fraud on the people.