Morals, not broken promises, please Fine Gael

Prior to the last general election Taoiseach Enda Kenny made a commitment to the Irish people that if Fine Gael was returned to power they would dispense with parish-pump politics, sleaze, cronyism and political nepotism, so long associated with the body politic in this state.

He was very convincing, and we, the electorate, in our innocence believed parish pump political nominations were to be banished to the political graveyard. How wrong we were.

Loathe as I am to raise the issue of the establishment or perpetuation of political dynasties in Dáil Éireann, with specific focus on two recently demised TD’s, I feel that to ignore the issue for fear of heaping further sorrow on the bereaved families would be an act of cowardice.