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.