Clarity and candour a welcome change

THIS election is really rocking the system in that the people are now poised to disregard all the media pressure and hype including that of the national broadcaster to elect a rank outsider as our ninth president.

Why?

Because we have heard him and his clarity and candour, even if they should be relative terms, show up the bluff, evasion and sanctimonious grand standing of the other bidders.

Michael D Higgins in particular has done himself no favours by bandying terms like “ethically vacuus” and “a leftover of the Celtic Tiger” in Sean Gallagher’s direction.

Michael D Higgins and his party were cheerleaders for the public service spending binge which was at least as much the cause of our present malaise as the excesses of bankers and speculators, which incidentally was in the remit of the politicians to regulate and control.

Michael D is now — as a result of the spending frenzy — in receipt of a very comfortable pension portfolio paid for by the hard-pressed taxpayer.

To my knowledge, Gallagher’s money is the result of his own hard work.

Margaret Hickey

Castleowen

Blarney

Co Cork