Catalogue of broken promises

I WRITE with a sense of amusement and anger at the recent letter from Billy Kelleher, deputy government chief whip (Irish Examiner, Dec 16).

Amusement at his assertion that “our policies (Fianna Fail) are clear; they will not be sacrificed for election gimmicks or in the chase for some cheap publicity”.

His party’s election manifesto at the last election was just that. Two thousand more gardaí, an end to hospital waiting lists, 200,000 extra medical cards, a first class medical system, to name but a few. Then we had all those letters promising new schools and school repairs.