Sir, – Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s article (“Together we have started to turn the tide to recovery” Opinion, March 4th) was a clear example of cruel and unusual punishment which should never have been inflicted by The Irish Times on its loyal readership as they started a new week!
Predictably, the article was nothing more than a helping of the same old watery, lukewarm slop that both this Government and its predecessor have been serving up since about 2009.
Mr Kenny reheated his favourite old empty cliches – “We have a clear mandate from the Irish people”, “we still have a long way to go”, “we set out our plan for recovery . . . working in partnership with the Irish people”, “sharing the sacrifices”, “We have protected the most vulnerable” – threw in a pinch of opinion and “statistics” to bulk it up, with the resultant unwholesome stodge served up as a blatant party political broadcast by a government which seems to be increasingly leaving nothing more than a bad taste in the mouths of the Irish populace.
The statement “We are working closely with the banks” however, served as a refreshing sorbet and was probably the only clear, palatable truth in the piece.
His conclusion “Together we will get Ireland working again” repeated his party’s stale election slogan and this piece of half-baked propaganda only illustrated what a political wasteland this country really is.
I can only conclude that the so-called silly season must be, prematurely, in full swing. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Taoiseach Enda Kenny (Opinion, March 4th) writes “While I acknowledge that we still have a long way to go, it is clear Ireland is headed in the right direction . . .”
I completely agree, Australia. – Yours, etc,