No difference between Fine Fáil and Fine Gael: both are different but the same

So Noonan saved Kenny’s bacon again but in the process, no doubt unintentionally, proved the charge of cronyism against Fine Gael.

Because otherwise the response from Noonan should have been for the party to face up to the issue of cronyism head-on, no matter how uncomfortable it was for Fine Gael. But like the old-school politician he is, Noonan’s advice instead was to do nothing that draws attention to Fine Gael’s cronyism. To be more discreet about the cronyism.

No wonder Fine Gael TDs and Senators lapped it up, anything that gives them an excuse to wallow in denial and carry on as usual claiming tax free expenses without publishing receipts and forwarding the names of friends and family for appointment to the quangohood.