Let’s have a new Tallaght Strategy to prevent economic meltdown

THE momentous events in the United States and the outrage in Limerick have been major distractions from our economic plight, but we are going to have to face it, and the sooner the better. A number of political commentators have called for a new Tallaght Strategy.

Phil Hogan of Fine Gael said recently he was sure Enda Kenny would be happy to help Fianna Fáil with a new Tallaght Strategy — as long as Enda was Taoiseach. If we don’t learn from past mistakes, we are going to be in serious trouble.

For the bulk of the first 40 years of the State, the partition question plagued our politics. Neither of the main parties ever produced any practical remedy, but both engaged in endless posturing.