Person: James McNeill

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Demonstration of independence

In the first of three articles on the history of the presidency, Ryle Dwyer highlights the early importance of the office. It was not the partition but the head of state issue that led to the Civil War.

Mon, 17 Oct, 2011

Office of Presidency should be scrapped along with the Seanad

THE Senate was abolished before and it was a great pity that it was brought back, because the present Seanad has only been a drain on resources. It could have been reformed to provide a useful purpose any time in the last 70 years, but now it is too late.

Sat, 08 Jan, 2011

The Presidency has become an extravagance we can no longer afford

THERE has been talk about cutting the size of the Dáil and abolishing the Seanad, but nobody seems to have suggested abolishing the Presidency, which is the single most expensive office. How much could be save by abolishing it?

Sat, 07 Nov, 2009