Taoiseach's no-show backfires

There’s no one reason why Fine Gael lost the abolition of the Seanad referendum is such dramatic style but the court of the media is a good place to start looking.

If they’d won it, the Taosieach’s decision not to go debate the issues on television would have been hailed as an excellent tactic. But they lost, therefore there’s every indication his no-show backfired.