Political system won’t change itself – we the people have got to do it

WE got a real glimpse into the Irish political soul last week with the row over stag-hunting and dog-breeding. Just imagine trying to explaining it to a foreign observer.

You: “Our parliamentarians are rebelling.”

Them: “Over the billions you have given your banks? Over white-collar corruption? Over the fact that no one is going to jail for your Anglo-Irish Bank? Over the state of your A&E departments? Or maybe even over cutbacks in frontline services for the disadvantaged?”