“Them fellahs up there in Dublin are not getting our water” is the cry, an attitude based on the tribalism that fragmented this country and made it easy to colonise, a tribalism that effectively kept us in the dark ages until we joined the EU in 1973 and although the EU has managed to overcome, or circumvent, some of this tribalism, when it can, it raises head with whoooops of triumph.

What can we expect when the core values of the country are based on a political and sporting system that pits village against village, town against town and County against County and personal greed and cutewhorism are not only admired but actively encouraged by a populace that scream encouragement at the tribalism that is county sports and re-elect, time and time again, those who have been shown to be dishonest, just because they are from “The County”

The lunacy of local government, the moribund Health Service, the country’s waste strategy all point to there being another 70 years of hand wringing and whinging in the winter floods, with a return to “you’re not getting our water” once the waters recede.

If only we had some leadership that would set policies in the “national” interest, with the guts to see off the vested interests and those who object, just because they can or have nothing better to do.

It is so frustrating when the logic of fixing two problems with one solution is a no brainer and that the closed minds and dog in the manger attitude of a misinformed minority can prevent it from happening

http://thedublinspokesman.blogspot.com/

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