Master performer in our ‘national theatre’

I LIKE to think of Dáil Éireann as the real national theatre.

For drama and comedic interlude it is sometimes the best show in town — that it is not always so is due to lack of commitment. This 166-strong company of performers comprises the talented, the talentless, the tiresome — and, of course, the absent.

However, with moral force and technical brilliance, Pat Rabbitte truly elevates this central forum of our public life. I, for one, am grateful and applaud him.

Oliver McGrane

32 Marley Ave

Rathfarnham

Dublin 16