Public sector reform - Enough of this insane nonsense

ANYONE who loves this country, anyone who takes pride in the idea of being Irish, has had their view of their country, and their place in it, challenged over the last few years.

The once-great, or at least that’s how they were imagined, cornerstones of society have squandered their moral authority as their self-serving instincts and corruption were revealed to a population no longer prepared to be deferential or patronised. We once respected a sovereign government and a powerful political class, we once respected an unchallengeable church, all-powerful banks and public sector unions but how things have changed.

Just this week the Roscommon Abuse Report exposed an unacceptable litany of official failure. It showed how children were abandoned to decades of torture because those employed by the State to protect them did not do their job. What makes this worse is that we all know there will be no real consequences for anyone other than the abused children and their parents.