Sheehan should resign or be dismissed — this is more than a hangover

I AM one of those notorious twitterers who are so despised by those who would like to control the flow of information and opinion on this island. On Sunday when the PJ Sheehan story broke I was surprised how little attention it was getting in the mainstream media.

On Twitter, however, it quickly became the single most talked about issue after the All-Ireland final. Most of those who posted, including myself, realised this was a far more serious issue than the Taoiseach’s Morning Ireland interview or the Minister for Science’s dalliance with evolution denial.

This involved a politician threatening the future career of a garda and in so doing making a mockery of the separation of powers, a fundamental principle of our democracy.