Taoiseach’s feeble attempt to rewrite history

THE comments by Taoiseach Brian Cowen on how the government of the day could not have foreseen the coming catastrophe are an insult to the intelligence of the electorate and will hopefully be seen for what they are, a pathetic attempt to rewrite history.

The only words that might satisfy an angry populace would be an admission that the craven adherence to the ideology of the so-called “free market”, driven by Mr McCreevey and the PDs, has proven to be an abject failure.

The continuing injection of pension funds into corrupted institutions along with the continuous stream of hot air from ministers only stokes the anger manifested at the gates of the Dáil this week.