Why no one else sees fit to defend the Tánaiste

I WONDERED how soon it would be before Fergus Finlay (Opinion, Sept 13) would be rushing to the defence of his slightly beleaguered leader Eamon Gilmore, seeing as no other journalist has seen fit to do so.

Wherever did that strident, bombastic, moralistic, self-important Gilmore disappear to?

Just a mere seven months ago, the same Gilmore, fully aware of the extent of the economic crisis, was strutting around the country like a peacock, totally rejecting the then Government’s economic plan, because Labour had a better way.