The Seanad has never been a seat of democracy and should be abolished

MY neighbour, Hamish McKean, and I shared a unique experience the other night, at 11.29pm.

I remember the time, because I found Hamish standing, alone, in the middle of the green space in our park. He was gazing up at the night sky.

“Everything okay, Hamish?” I asked. “Wait there,” he said. “At 11.31pm, exactly, the International Space Station will be passing directly overhead.”