Far from looking determined, the Coalition seems cowed by the challenge from Sinn Féin
. There are many lessons we might discuss. But one of them is that governments tend to be more successful when they are animated by clear ideas and focused on making progress on specific goals. For example, whatever you think of it, Charlie McCreevy’s extraordinarily bold tax-cutting in that government’s first term gave it a signature project and distinct identity. It would be hard to say that the current administration has anything remotely similar.
By contrast, if Sinn Féin projects a hunger for power and impatience for office, it is because the party is clearly itching to do things with that power – such as trying to achieve a united Ireland. Say what you like about the credible proximity of that project and the rather significant hurdles that must be overcome if it is to be first achieved and then made a success of – but you can’t doubt Sinn Féin’s determination to work towards it from day one in office.
, never previously in office for two consecutive terms, will next time ask voters for a fourth. Perhaps its chief task is to convince itself, rather than the voters, that it deserves another go.a break from government before, after a few years, power reverted again to Fianna Fáil. But that arrangement ended with the financial crash; now the two old rivals must join their forces to retain power.
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