Taoiseach’s speech - Call to arms we should all support

A POWERFUL speech does not a recovery make but when an overdue one is finally delivered it has the capacity to make much of what has gone before seem less important; to make much of what lies ahead far less daunting.

Such a speech, just like summer’s the first overdue swallow, can carry the promise of better times and convince anyone who hears it that they have the capacity to overcome their difficulties.

It can turn fear into determined optimism.