A rural community in Co Sligo rallied around a couple yesterday who returned to their home from a Sunday afternoon outing to find that two of their sons were dead.

I refer to yesterday’s press release from the SEAI, and the assertion by its chief operations officer, Dr Brian Motherway, that “we have a transparent and functioning planning process, which has proven itself capable, time and again, of making objective decisions”.

So, now we are to move from the Seanad referendum to Seanad reform, as spoken by Enda Kenny.