If Bruton wants to preach from the pulpit, he should give up his pension

FORMER Taoiseach John Bruton keeps grabbing the headlines. Two weeks ago, on this page, I deplored his intervention into the abortion debate, one that could have caused unnecessary difficulty for Enda Kenny, the first Fine Gael leader to follow Bruton as Taoiseach.

Now, although it is notable that he is associating with the conservative Catholic pressure group, the Iona Institute, the former Minister for Finance (of 30 years ago) has turned his hand to matters economic again.

We have to hope that his latest intervention has as little impact as his last. Bruton is a shill for a particular type of big business: the big banks and mobile capital of those who operate from the International Financial Services Centre in Dublin.