Three cheers for Ceann Comhairle as O’Donoghue gets €1,000 chair

“QUESTIONS must be addressed to the chair!”; “Deputies may not involve the chair in public controversies!”; “Every deputy will be treated fairly by this chair”; “You must be seated while the chair is standing!”.

Three cheers for Ceann Comhairle as O’Donoghue gets €1,000 chair

John O’Donoghue’s affiliation with the seat he sits on has made for some memorable exchanges in the Dáil since he took over as Ceann Comhairle last summer.

And such is the affection between the two, the chair is to get a new chair at a cost of €1,000.

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