Lenihan should deal with the real issue

I DON’T resent Brian Lenihan giving the oration at Béal na mBláth because he is a member of Fianna Fáil. However, I do resent him presenting as a responsible politician when the party he is such a proud member of has done more to facilitate corruption in this country than any other party in modern Europe.

The only long-standing political achievement of FF has been to inculcate the concept of ever decreasing expectation among our population for the potential of politics to make our lives better.

How do we escape this legacy? This is the question that should form the central theme of Mr Lenihan’s speech on the spot where Michael Collins’s young life was cut short.