Politicians get ready to jet off as we struggle at home

Jerry Buttimer reckons the abortion legislation might not make the Government’s deadline of being ready before the summer.

The free GP care for the long-term ill is pushed back again, the children’s hospital now on a longer finger, reform of the Dáil, Séanad and local government moving at a snail’s pace, jobs strategies that are barely moving despite huge emigration and “intern” work.

Then they’ll all hit off on a huge summer break, still claiming expenses, while families struggle with less and less, the retail sector keeps going despite less money in families’ pockets and rising rates.