Rigidly unwilling to compromise, Micheál Martin has failed as a statesman

I AM disgusted with Fianna Fáil. I have always respected Micheál Martin, but his knee-jerk rejection of Fine Gael’s grand coalition offer, last week, left a sick feeling, writes Victoria White.

The sick feeling intensified when Martin indicated that Enda Kenny had not been “sincere” in his offer, that it might have been a ploy to make Fianna Fáil look bad.

If that was the case, it worked. But you don’t impute motives to people unless you have proof. It isn’t fair and it isn’t what a statesman should do, as his country watches and waits.