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.

Former Taoiseach, John Bruton, suggests that this September we should celebrate the anniversary of the granting of Home Rule to Ireland.

A RECENT journey from Galway to Cork was little more than a lottery as motorists had to dodge deep potholes, and oncoming motorists trying to do the same without either breaking an axle, bursting a tyre, or crashing.

A SIMPLE compound interest calculator shows that if the Government borrows €54bn over 10 years from the ECB it will cost €62bn.