Telling the truth

Sir — It makes me smile to read that Minister Zappone delivered a talk involving “truth telling” when she, along with other ministers and TDs, have such a poor understanding of it.

They are, however, well skilled in twisting the truth so that untruth appears as fact, inhumanity as compassion and denial of conscience as the will of the people. Yes we are truly living in a dark chapter of Ireland’s history, but journalists like Brendan O’Connor (Sunday Independent, November 4) offer a way forward in holding our ministers to account. Let’s do that right now and not let it up to future generations to puzzle over our inability to see the slide of Ireland into the dark ages.

Well done to Brendan for his great insight on a Government that needs to step out of the fairytale and muddy their socks in the reality on the streets. Rosarie O’Sullivan,

Cork