Coalition out of steam

The bizarre talk about a FG/FF or FF/FG coalition serves perhaps to distract from the reality that the economy is shrinking because people cannot pay for goods and services, people are afraid of Budget 2014 and are saving to pay taxes, people have no jobs to go to and cannot pay mortgages, and people are leaving the country to find work.

The minister with responsibility for jobs is now spending his time explaining why the only house of the Oireachtas where debate actually happens should be closed down. I have watched the so-called Dáil debates online and to say that what I saw was a farce may be the understatement of the year. So, the silly season actually started when the Government found they had a huge majority and nothing sensible or encouraging regarding reform of political reconciliation has happened, or is likely to happen during the life of this government.

Caitríona McClean