Kieran Mulvey: Not taking a party political position.

The head of the Labour Relations Commission has insisted there is no conflict of interest in him chairing a campaign to kill off the Seanad.

Launching the One House pressure group, LRC chief executive Kieran Mulvey, who played a major role in getting the Haddington Road pay and perks deal for the public service together, insisted he was not taking a party political position.

“Sometimes in public life you have to take a stand by the principles you believe in. I think if more people in public life had done that in 2008 and 2009, this country would have been in far better shape,” he told RTÉ.