Party leaders brazenly cosy up

Shamelessly, both party leaders saddled up beside each other at Rising commemorations yesterday and gave that familiar smirk, a chuckle, and posed while a tricolour fluttered behind their heads.

Tomorrow marks 60 days since voters went to the polls and since a caretaker government took over. Since then, a plethora of politicians have been testing the waters on government options, predicting success at some moments but ultimately concluding long days with successive disappointments.

It’s been a tiresome, drawn out, and at times cynical affair, with arch rivals Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil now epitomising the worn image of tribal politicians refusing to do a deal in the national interests.