Fianna Fáil : The End of the Party

The Election of February 2011 will be remembered for the defeat and virtual annihilation of Fianna Fáil.Stripped of power in humiliating circumstances, the party was disgraced, possibly to the point of no return. The story of how this happened is a mixture of farce and tragedy. The collective leadership of the party lost touch with reality and watched, as though mesmerised, while Brian Cowen led them from one catastrophic mistake to another.He was aided in this by Brian Lenihan, Minister for Fin