FF families betray party fathers

HAVING voted confidence in Willie O’Dea the day before he resigned from the cabinet, can this Government show much more disregard to the institutions of the state for the sake of Fianna Fáil?

A cabinet that includes Cowen, de Valera, Hanafin, Lenihan and Andrews whose forefathers were the very embodiment of Fianna Fáil from its foundation.

Those founding fathers and many, many others throughout the country saw the new party as the institution to give the young state leadership of the highest integrity – a leadership based on their humble backgrounds of toil and humility. Leadership born of service, leadership without fanfare.