Voters end up paying the price for Fianna Fáil’s political strokes

By Ryle Dwyer OVER the decades Fianna Fáil has pulled a series of political strokes on the electorate, such as Charlie McCreevy’s promise during the last general election that there would be no budget cuts, or the election before when the party promised zero tolerance on crime.

If the government were judged on its delivery on those promises, it could only be considered a dismal failure.

We are still paying for greatest political stroke of all the party's 1977 election manifesto. Remember how they promised to abolish rates on dwelling houses and the road tax on motorcars?