More pressing issues than a well-ironed shirt and tie

Shakespeare may say that the apparel oft proclaims the man, but plenty of shame has been brought on our parliament and our country by people ‘appropriately’ dressed for the Dáil, writes Clodagh Finn.

What you wear matters. Perhaps it shouldn’t, but it does. That’s the sad truth of it.

You might think — as several wits noted this week — that the Dáil needs a moral code, not a dress code, yet most Irish people would like their public representatives to suit up.