Dáil and its members are drunk on power

The Dáil incident involving Aine Collins and Tom Barry could be described as harmless horseplay between two colleagues and that it was blown out of proportion.

The taxpayer-subsidised Dáil bar was open until 5am and many of our legislators were intoxicated. Last year, Collins said it was not easy to live on a salary of €140,000.

These are the people we have entrusted to look after our welfare. Given the seriousness of the occasion, when life and death was being debated, this drinking was despicable and disrespectful.