Irish Examiner view: Drive, drive, drive on the autobahn

The route to influence and power, depends on the ability to contribute to coalition government.

Travel times from Cork to other cities are up to 40% slower than from Dublin to those cities.

For Green politicians and their supporters, the route to influence and power, as in Ireland and Germany, depends on the ability to contribute to coalition government. 

This often includes remembering the famous, if cynical, Churchillian dictum that leaders should “never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances”.