'Politics is politics': Michael Lowry's summation of the carve-up of the Ceann Comhairle role

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Michael Lowry: 'Our negotiations never made a demand that Verona would have to be elected Ceann Comhairle.' Photo: Leon Farrell / © RollingNews.ie

"Politics is politics".

That was the assessment of Michael Lowry, the Tipperary North TD who suddenly found himself a kingmaker, when asked if a carve-up of the Ceann Comhairle's job had devalued the role's independence.