Sustaining politics - Single-party domination unacceptable

FIANNA FÁIL would, in public at least, angrily refute any suggestion that we live in a single-party state.

Privately the reaction might be more one of gratitude and relief that the electorate has consistently chosen them to be the party of power, the party more or less always in a position to deliver on its promises.

The reality is that Fianna Fáil has, except for the occasional temporary little arrangement, been in power for the vast majority of the time this Republic has been in existence.