Politicians must help rebuild our country before it’s too late

As we approach the end of 2012, I doubt too many people will shed a tear — as mass unemployment leads to our villages, towns and countryside losing our youth in their thousands to far away shores.

This has a knock-on effect on sporting clubs and family life as we know it.

Most of us remember the ‘80s when our older siblings waved goodbye at Shannon, and the effect it had on our parents. Now we are the parents saying goodbye.