Irish Examiner view: State should apply level of urgency to rebuild trust

The OPW has been renting the 180,000sq ft Distillers Building in Smithfield, Dublin, at a cost of €8m a year since April of this year, something that will be galling to everybody and doesn't instill trust in the Government.

We trust our fellow citizens more than any apparatus of State, according to the OECD. That’s both unsurprising and sobering.

According to the survey, reported here on Wednesday, 83% of Irish people have a high or moderately high rate of trust in most fellow citizens — compared to 66% reporting trust in the civil service, 47% in national Government, and a dismal 26% in political parties.