A tide that lifts all boats: Accountability move welcome

There is hardly an issue in Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s in-tray that, no matter how circuitous the route, cannot be traced back to a failure of accountability.

Our failure to meet climate obligations, the unsatisfactory departure of two Garda commissioners, the persistent disappointment of our health service, and, especially, the huge overruns in the national children’s hospital are symptoms of a culture where systems fail but people, no matter how indifferent, survive.