Fine Gael hasn’t saved the country

The Taoiseach’s call (Irish Examiner, January 23) to ‘return the Coalition for the sake of recovery’ defies common sense. Not for the first time, Irish people are being sold a pig in a poke.

Anyone who watched the Irish banking crisis unfold will recall that the government, whether it was Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael, were like stunned rabbits throughout proceedings and it was Department of Finance realpolitik who orchestrated events, created NAMA and stabilised liquidity.

The Troika played a significant role too as did the people of Ireland through taxes and cuts.