Irish Examiner view: Tánaiste is right to warn of external shocks as Trump names his cabinet

Prudence may not be an election winner but we'd do well to heed Micheál Martin's warning in the Irish Examiner podcast

Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, Donald Trump’s selection of commerce secretary, has targeted Ireland's trade surplus which he says comes at the expense of the US. Picture: Adam Gray/Bloomberg/Getty

The round of manifesto launches and policy briefings continues apace in the election campaign. 

There seems to be no shortage of announcements specifying the detail of what each party will do on assuming power, with all the accompanying sniping at the plans and policies of all other parties.