Now’s the chance to finally make a change

WE got the mess this fading Government left behind, not because of any flaws in our political system or institutions but because thousands of our fellow-citizens voted for them.

With the greatest respect to the five men theoretically offering to be our next Taoiseach, (and particularly to my former Oireachtas colleague, Enda Kenny), which of them are in essence “yesterday’s men - entangled in various aspects of our recent past?

And which has broken away from the pack and offers some chance of providing the leadership to address, guide and lead the fundamental change in mindset needed throughout our society if we are to achieve the recovery of our national community?