Party leaders are living in a parallel universe

I DON’T think industrial action has anything to offer in the current economic climate, but I can appreciate the anger behind it given some comments by our leaders and would-be leaders recently. Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, when asked about his ministerial pension, snapped: “What do you want me to do? Give it back?”

The leader of the Greens, John Gormley, said private sector executives “would have to realise they do not live in a parallel universe.”

Quite, John, but why not apply the same to the Oireachtas?