Why is simple reform not an option?

The Government is making mileage of having kept its election ‘promise’ to abolish the Seanad.

This is in the face of several broken promises and u-turns: for example, in education, healthcare, pay, social and child welfare, the banks, bondholders, emigration, FOI, and devolution of power. The Government promised also to reduce the number of TDs by 20.

Let’s see Seanad abolition for what it is: an easy, populist distraction in harsh times.