Political patronage is sickening

WHO is the Government kidding?

A gullible public are seemingly being asked to believe it is either coincidence or a quirk of fate that Kerry groups have received generous funding from the National Lottery, even though, as we are told by his Department, Tourism Minister John O’Donoghue had no direct links with the recipients.

With an eye to political survival, a succession of Fianna Fáil ministers have displayed a propensity to look after those in their own backyard.