Time for reflection, not action

Siptu’s rejection of the LRC proposals on pay and reform can be a fresh start for all, says Colm Keaveney

PRESIDENT John F Kennedy once famously said: “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis’. One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger — but recognise the opportunity.”

This insight has since become an adage almost to the point of cliché. However, the essential wisdom of the point remains.