Cowen looks set to repair FF’s moral compass

LATE on Wednesday night right as the confidence debate on Bertie Ahern drew to a close we learned a lot about the leader of Fianna Fáil.

He rose to his feet and spoke for a little over five minutes. But that’s all we needed, nothing more. For in the course of a magnificent, spontaneous, and from-the-heart contribution, we witnessed an immense force, an outburst of deeply impressive moral authority that is rare in an age like this.

The leader of FF we are talking about is of course the next one, the anointed one, and not the current one.