Gilmore was an epic fail in Government

Eamon Gilmore’s “brooding resentment”, as you name it, (Editorial, Nov2) precisely characterises the stunted arrogance of a careerist self-server. 

The 2011 electoral success for the Labour party, was mostly due to Fianna Fail’s grotesque governance failures. By opting to take up the ‘Ministry-of-Absentia’ portfolio (Foreign Affairs), he cast off a true Labour leader’s role in government, battling for employment, welfare supports and the care of needy communities.

Gilmore was a sterling performer in the Dáil chamber when on the opposition bench. There he could ‘talk-the-talk’ but he wasn’t prepared to ‘walk-the-walk’.