Let there be peace, but not at any price
Former Taoiseach John Bruton formed the rainbow coalition in 1994 with Labour and Democratic Left (DL) for many good reasons - there can be no doubt that if DL was known to have had enduring associations with known criminals and illegal organisations, that government would never have been formed in the first place.
Last year, under intense questioning, the Taoiseach admitted that he had misinformed the Dáil with regard to Government representatives having had secret meetings with Northern paramilitary elements.
