Fergus Finlay: Journalist Joe would have a wry remark over ‘political stability’

If Joe Joyce would be sardonic about us, I can only wonder what he’d say about general election over in Britain, writes Fergus Finlay

Joe Joyce wrote the first story of how An Garda Síochána treated Joanne Hayes, which led to the Kerry Babies Tribunal. Picture Nick Bradshaw

I wish I could do Joe Joyce’s take on the election we’ve just had.

It would be sardonic, for sure — Joe measured everything in terms of its impact on the human condition, and I don’t think he’d have seen a measurable shift in that vital metric.