Simon Coveney can lead Fine Gael to become a party for social justice

Simon Coveney has shown that his is prepared to risk his political neck in order to do the right thing, writes Victoria White.

NEARLY 20 years ago, when I was a much younger journalist, five young Coveneys had my office in kinks as they sailed around the world for charity.

It wasn’t the sailing that was funny. It certainly wasn’t the Chernobyl Children’s Project for which they were fund-raising.