Cowen talks business, but not in the Dáil

ON January 21 last we celebrated the 90th anniversary of the first sitting of Dáil Éireann.

As a primary school principal, I did my best to explain to our senior classes the momentous nature of the occasion in the battle to secure our status as a sovereign republic.

The many media outlets that covered the event spoke of the centrality of the debates in Dáil Éireann in those early years of our statehood.