Árd Fheis heaped promises on top of the ones FF have already broken

NEVER in the history of mankind has so little been learned about so much by so many. The Fianna Fáil Árd Fheis was like a sort of Pinocchio-fest.

Minister after minister suffered the indignity of watching their noses grow at least a foot every time they made a press release. How can they possibly expect us to believe a word of it or of anything else they say ever again? What about the 2,000 extra gardaí, the 12,000 childcare places, the 200,000 extra medical cards, and the school upon school promised immediate refurbishment?

What about the promise to end all hospital waiting lists? What about the individual rights of assessment and provision in a new and radical disabilities bill? Those promises are only a couple of years old. Together they constitute the greatest con-trick perpetrated on an electorate since 1977.