Public unlikely to forgive and even less likely to forget

MICHEÁL MARTIN clearly believes in redemption.

It’s a few new faces thrown on top of a lot of familiar ones

Last week, he said sorry for the Government’s mistakes. This week, he appointed nine of those who sat around the cabinet table during Brian Cowen’s tenure to his new Fianna Fáil frontbench. He must seem to think the public will forgive and, even better, forget. He may be in for a rude awakening.