Catholic voters made point with ballot box

We have heard much in the recent electoral analyses on the decline and fall in the Fine Gael/Labour coalition government support.

The punters have it wrong. This collapse was not solely due to austerity and monetary issues, horrendous as these are and have been for so many vulnerable people in our land of Ireland.

It would appear the Irish people were used as fodder to give power to a hard and heartless group of politicians who promised so much hope prior to being elected, but who had no intention of honouring their word.