TDs’ holidays - Dáil’s long Christmas is all humbug

SIX weeks holidays at Christmas! No wonder voters take such a jaundiced view of politicians and politics.

With thousands of workers counting themselves lucky to get four weeks in the year, it is unconscionable that TDs should give themselves a hike of another week, breaking from December 15 to January 31.

Only teachers compete with politicians in the holiday stakes — and, to be fair, they generally work harder and suffer greater stress in the classroom while TDs bask in the relative comfort of Dáil Éireann.