EVERY new Government deserves a media honeymoon. This is especially true for a Government which is taking charge at a time when the country is economically submerged. Nobody can doubt that the Government is getting its media honeymoon — and then some. Epithets like “novel” “refreshing”, “exciting” and “radical” accompany each step the Government takes.

LOOKING across at the ranks of government TDs reinforced the message sent by the people on February 25 last. It was not just the number of them that struck me, but rather their youth and freshness, a youth and freshness not reflected in the formation of the Cabinet. It would be peevish to carp at