Inspirational

Apart at all from the wretched weather this was a challenging week.

Scandalous hospital waiting lists were reported; emigration rates hitting 1,500 people a week; judges berating Government because there are still no places to send juvenile offenders; a worrying row between the gardaí and the force’s ombudsman; another coroner warning about the suicide epidemic; another child dies after an accident that was not attended by an ambulance.

And, if all of that was not enough, we are a step closer to the industrial chaos promised by unions opposed to Croke Park II. Farmers are struggling with a fodder crisis and we’re moving closer to decision time on abortion.