Gilmore can restore country’s credibility

AT last, after the years of Haughey chicanery, Ahern cronyism and now Cowen indecisiveness, the country has a potential leader capable of restoring its self-respect and credibility.

All voters need now is the courage and confidence to elect in sufficient numbers enough Labour party candidates at the next general election to ensure Eamon Gilmore becomes Taoiseach.

Recent opinion polls placing Labour ahead of Fianna Fáil was encouraging but it is still only a snapshot of people’s frustration at the economic crisis and the woeful inability of the Government either to understand or deal with it. Fine Gael, led by the hopelessly ineffectual Enda Kenny, offers little by way of a convincing alternative.