‘Rotten legacy’ is not confined to Haughey

JOHN O’DRISCOLL (Letters, January 3) is missing the point when he says that replacing the Taoiseach with the Tánaiste “would give us a clean break from Haughey’s rotten legacy”.

The problem is not Haughey’s rotten legacy, but the corruption of politicians as a result of being in power too long. People in all parties are liable to be corrupted by power. Haughey was merely a spectacular example.

For the good of our democracy, Fianna Fáil needs to spend a period in opposition. Telling us that the opposition is incapable of governing, as they did during the last election campaign, merely shows how they consider themselves indispensable. That is arrogant and unhealthy.