Abortion debate leads to ‘British solution’

NO Irish politician who has ever had any interest in protecting their own skin likes to hear the word abortion.

Arousing passionate views and emotive debate among liberals and conservatives alike, the canniest political solution has been to not do anything about it unless forced to do so.

And even then, court rulings are ignored and a lid is held tightly on the issue until it boils over unexpectedly every so often, scalding all those around it.