We need politicians with vision and integrity to avoid mistakes of the past
POLITICAL leaders come and go, but unfortunately the decisions that they make affect this country for generations.
Our Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arrived with much fanfare and promise, but has failed to deliver.
It is said, “Cometh the hour, cometh the man”, and indeed some of us did believe.
But we are now left to ponder if this is indeed the man.
His unrivalled grasp of spin politics, delivered through the conduit of social media, has fooled many.
But the cracks are beginning to show.
His latest unsustainable giveaway Budget does little to address Ireland’s ‘Achilles heel’ of our huge national debt, preferring to squander hardearned taxpayers’ money on buying votes in order to satisfy his newly acquired appetite for power.
In my opinion, he is now engaging in the tried and trusted system of political horse-trading.
This is something he promised he wouldn’t do.
Unless Ireland can find a politician with real vision, bravery and integrity, then we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past, facing yet another devastating recession with our begging bowl full of spent dockets. Eugene McGuinness
Bishop Birch Place, Kilkenny