Labour spies chance to claw back lost ground on social issue

We send them there to legislate and vote on our behalf.

But the last thing Taoiseach Enda Kenny wants to do right now is have his party legislate and vote on abortion.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore’s party views matters differently — namely that the time has come to legislate and vote and that there is an onus upon parliamentarians to deal with the issue.