Why the next president’s salary should be cut by at least two-thirds

NEXT year Ireland will elect a new president, and I would very much like to make a policy point about this.

It happens that a good friend of mine is urging me to stand in this election. I do not consider myself worthy of the honour and my personal circumstances are in any case difficult. But there is one policy I would like to put forward, which I hope that other possible candidates may also take seriously.

That is, I believe the next president of Ireland should be paid much less than the current salary of €325,000 per annum (with its concomitant generous pension).