Dáil finds it a bitter bill to swallow

WHEN people look back at the passage of yesterday’s Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006, they will see that it was passed in the Dáil unanimously, without opposition or abstentions.

The Dáil was united in its vote but divided in everything else, however, one of the bitterest, most partisan days in recent Dáil history

As Labour whip Emmet Stagg nicely put it the party passed the Bill while “holding our noses”.