Majority of politicians not mature enough for minority government

It is not that irregular an occurance for observers to liken our parliament to a crèche, writes Alison O’Connor

THERE’S a new ‘language’ being introduced to the Dail, and our TDs are to become fluent in it overnight, apparently.

We’re not talking about one of those easier Romance languages, either, like Spanish or Italian. We are more in the territory of Mandarin, where it is not just down to grammar, but pitch and intonation.