Political class looking after itself

The ongoing debate on the Croke Park agreement, and the Taoiseach’s statement in recent days that it will run its course, should surprise no one in this country, especially in the private sector and the lower levels of the public sector.

I think a famous quote from the US constitution stated: “For the people, by the people, on behalf of the people”. In an Irish context it has been re-drafted: “For the public sector, by the public sector, on behalf of the public sector”.

Mr Kenny, a product of the public sector, and most of his colleagues, are from the same school and are shamefully protecting their own self-serving pay and conditions, ably guided by the real power in this dysfunctional economy, the trade unions and the Labour Party.