It would be no bad thing if everybody who professes to care about standards in public life paused right now to reflect on where this might be going, writes Mick Clifford
The notion that the incoming taoiseach is uniquely energetic is easily dismissed. And even if Simon Harris is a human dynamo, it s hard to see how that will help tackle multiple crises facing Ireland
What politician wants to employ a sycophantic reporter? Any politician with half a brain wants an employee who possesses the communication skills that made them good reporters who dig out information and ask the awkward questions