Will FG and Labour give us a choice?

DESPITE some recent whisperings about potential candidates for the next presidential election, it is my firm belief that the parties are going to have an agreed candidate in Mary McAleese.

Presidential elections occur just once every seven years and to deny the people a chance to choose their president for 14 years is undemocratic.

No one can blame Fianna Fail. After all the status quo is in their interest, but what are Labour and Fine Gael thinking? Can they not offer one suitable candidate each, or have they such little confidence in victory that they would rather not even enter the race.