An 'Irish Spring' after election circus

Dear sir - As the dust settles on the Presidential election campaign, commentators will begin an analysis of the effort and the result to date. At the same time ordinary people will continue with their daily struggles. The state is in receivership. We are up to our eyes in debt. For the past five weeks we have had seven presidential hopefuls criss-crossing the country in luxury coaches and cars, in tandem with a media-circus and coterie of handlers, selling us their visions for an island of hope and prosperity. The tax-payer will meet the costs of much of this extraordinary campaign. All the while, one in four primary school children in Meath sit in classrooms of over thirty pupils. There has been talk of an 'Arab Spring'. I look forward to an 'Irish Spring'. Yours, Colin Quigley, Chairman INTO, Athboy/Trim, Steeple Manor, Trim.