Our TDs have an obligation to govern

The failure to elect a Taoiseach in the Dáil yesterday has turned a bizarre situation into a farce.

In last February’s General Election the Irish people did not elect a Caretaker Taoiseach. Neither did they choose Acting Ministers. Yet, for the past 40 days and 40 nights since then that is what we have been presented with as a result of the current political stalemate.

In this latter-day interregnum, Enda Kenny is like the emperor with no clothes – all style and no substance. He reigns but doesn’t rule because he has no political mandate to continue in office and the same goes for his cabinet ministers.