Our leaders are developing quite the annoying habit of chivvying us to move on. Forget about it. It is true that the generally healthy response to most of life’s annoyances is to ventilate the point (or not to bother) and move on. The bigger issues are another matter. By whisking Verona Murphy off to a direct provision centre and fitting her out with sackcloth, ashes and a vanishing trick, Fine Gael is telling us there is no more to see here.

Source: The Irish Times November 27, 2019 06:00 UTC