Following on: Ó Broin to run for Seanad.
Launched close to the end of the general election campaign, Fine Gael’s five point plan may effectively become a checklist of things Fine Gael won’t do in government. Despite a bit of brinksmanship, Labour’s involvement in government may be only the tiniest bit in doubt (well, as of 8 pm this evening), so some component of the five point plan will inevitably fall by the wayside in an agreed programme for government. At the same time, the recent noises from Barroso and Merkel both suggest that the …