Let Dáil be no foil for masking ‘issues’

How did the case about horrific abuse of a vulnerable child end up before the Public Accounts Committee, asks Michael Clifford

How easy is it for a powerful financial institution to take out a TD who won’t stop highlighting corruption?

These unrelated questions deserve pondering as night closes in on the 31st Dáil. Both point to a kind of politics more comfortable with suppressing awkward issues rather than addressing them.