Wake-up call must not be forgotten

Sir — What has certainly been proven over the last couple of days is no one political party has the monopoly on intelligence.

We see what happened in Belfast at a funeral for a prince of the Sinn Fein royalty, we see the driving record and travelling etiquette of our new minister for agriculture, we see the accepting without question by our new Tanaiste what the banks told him about rules and regulations on mortgage interest charges.

It is time we got value for money from our politicians.

The wake-up call the parties got in the election has now been forgotten about — because the timescale means another almost five years before accountability can kick in again. Let us hope the Government and the Opposition can now concentrate on the important issues at hand?

Ken Maher,

Kilcoole, Co Wicklow