O’Rourke’s concern is misplaced

Pity poor Mary O’Rourke, and her concern for the Haughey family, over a TV drama none of them has seen yet.

What a shame O’Rourke’s concern doesn’t extend to the people who lived through a decade of despair in the 1980s, and to the people who live in the sprawling housing estates, with no social infrastructure, that were built following crony planning decisions. What a shame it doesn’t extend to those who had to emigrate as a result of Charles Haughey’s feckless overspending between 1979 and 1981, and to those who endured the consequences of his GUBU government and the cronyism of his 1987-91 governments.

It’s understandable the Haugheys wallow in denial about the destructiveness of his periods in office, because to do otherwise would mean facing their own responsibility.