Mé féinism is at the beating heart of Irish political corpus

Dan McSweeney (Letters, Dec 24 ) writes with an elegant eloquence, though in a saddening vein.

His frustrated lament concerns the continuing debilitation of communities, despite the government’s relentless propensity to issue statements laden with optimistic clap-trap about economic recovery.

And adding insult to injury, doing this while knowing that everyone knows the truth is quite the opposite.