Attack on Gormley - Pathetic hypocrisy

THE Irish-American politician the late Tip O’Neill said that all politics are local.

However, that does not mean that they have to be pathetically small town.

In a cringe-worthy display of petulance and hypocrisy former Labour deputy John Mulvihill launched a fairground attack on Environment Minister John Gormley in Cobh yesterday. The public meeting was called by Mr Gormley — against the wishes of his advisors — to discuss how plans to clean up the Irish Steel plant were progressing. Many of his predecessors — or indeed his colleagues — would not have so exposed themselves.