Why no more talk of reforming the Seanad?

Referenda and elections take me back to my college days and, in particular, college house parties.

Everybody who is anybody on campus turns up at them, especially the big parties.

These important persons have their fun, share their opinions, and make their drunken promises to everybody at the party. The next day, however, when the hard work of tidying the house is to be done, these same friends and their promises aren’t around.