Bashing the leader of the day doesn't really work. Just ask FG

THE Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis is being held in Killarney over the weekend. The way the Government has been behaving in recent weeks there should be lots of excitement.

Fishermen and farmers are threatening to hold lively protests outside, but the country as a whole should be outraged at the recent disclosures of mismanagement, which are compounded by the appalling arrogance of ministers suggesting that we have never had it so good.

The health service is not so much in crisis as in chaos. Never has so much been spent to provide so little. Even those sick people who are lucky enough to get into hospital run the risk of dying of neglect, or being infected with something more serious in the hospital. Is that part of a secret Government remedy to abolish the waiting lists?