Seanad shot itself in the foot at abolition debate

A constant whinge from senators is that the Seanad has wonderful and insightful debates that are never reported by the media, and thus the public never get to learn how brilliant and necessary the Seanad is for democracy.

Last Monday the Seanad debated its own demise, and showed just how insightful its debates really are.

David Norris’s vulgar references to a female politician’s genitalia would have seen any other male flogged to within an inch of his life by the feminist commentariat. But since Norris is the darling of the intelligentsia he will be allowed to get away with it.