Yes, the country’s a mess ... but let’s try and do something about it

Do you seriously think that any of the party leaders is going to inspire us?

That there’s a Barrack Obama among us? That Enda Kenny or Eamon Gilmore will inspire and motivate us? That Fianna Fáil is going to be any different under Micheál Martin, who has been a senior minister for nearly 14 bloody years? Were you not listening to me about our economic condition?

MY two friends from a month ago — the optimist and the pessimist — are back in the pub, discussing what has happened since their last meeting.