Cowen fails to match the Roosevelt standard for political leadership

I THINK we need to be very clear about a couple of things.

First of all, the fact that Willie O’Dea is no longer Minister for Defence, and will almost certainly never be a minister again, is his own fault, and no one else’s.

The damage done to him was entirely self-inflicted. He and his friends and supporters can spend the rest of their days blaming Dan Boyle or the Greens, or the opposition. It doesn’t wash.