Playing hardball not way to handle negotiations

If Irish voters needed any more proof that a Fianna Fáil/Sinn Féin and a ‘whatever you’re having yourself’ coalition will do to the economy, then a report from the influential Harvard Law School leaves no doubt.

The negotiation of the third international bailout by Greece’s leftist-led administration last summer has topped Harvard Law School’s list of ‘Worst Negotiation Tactics of 2015.

The Irish electorate do not need reminding that this was the path eagerly supported by Gerry Adams, Paul Murphy and those only interested in protest politics.