Can the Irish electorate really handle the truth?

While Irish politicians continue to peddle the currency of deceit, Jeremy Corbyn is trying to stay true to himself — and will probably destroy Britain’s Labour party and its hopes for regaining power in the process, writes Shaun Connolly

DO WE really want politicians to tell us the truth? Could we really handle it, or are far too many of us happy to collude in the co-dependency of deceit?

Are we so used to being lied to that the truth would scare us even more?