Mary Coughlan must resign

Willie O'Dea is in hot water at the moment. He's due to face a motion of no confidence next week and, despite Enda Kenny's theatrics in the Dail this morning, O'Dea will more than likely keep his job. As a pal of Brian Cowan's what would anyone expect? Undoubtedly the popular Limerick TD will be knocked in the short-term but he will bounce back.

This, however, is not what the media should be concentrating on. The big, irritating, news is Mary Coughlan's scandalous attitude on emmigration. She has reportedly told the media that she's basically relaxed at the prospect of young Irish, skilled professionals leaving our shores. Senator Paschal Donohoe has, rightly, raised the issue in the Seanad and the true colours of our,supposedly nationalist-loving government are now being exposed.

Whatever 'mistakes' O'Dea has made are nothing to the brazen attitude of Ms Coughlan.It is the view of THE FAT DUBLINER that people should not be forced to leave our country and go abroad.By all means go away and sample what the world has to offer, but coerced emigration is wrong and someone quickly needs to break the news to the Tanaiste that she is losing touch with reality. Next thing she'll be setting up a bureau to assist people to leave Ireland. It's good to know that there's no famine in our country - otherwise we'd have nobody left to live here thanks to this government.

The O'Dea watchers ought to be replaced with Coughlan watchers. She is fast running out of ideas and, as the youtube piece above shows, many are feeling that she is just not up to the job as a minister. We, the voters, deserve better and throwing 'our brightest and best' to another, perhaps distant, nation is not only admitting failure but it is actively cheering it on. She should resign from this clueless government at once instead of pretending to be in control.