Colin Sheridan: Same old faces, does it mean the same old stalling of the Occupied Territories Bill?

Much like the recognition of the State of Palestine last year, the Occupied Territories Bill is more a symbolic rebuke of Israel than a self-immolating act of moral sacrifice that has any tangible effect on our economy other than one: the US and Israel don’t like it

That it’s the same players that have been re-elected who denied the passing of the Occupied Territories Bill into law for the last six years should only amplify the pressure on party leaders Micheál Martin (right) and Simon Harris (left). File photo: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The key to being an effective politician in government, it seems, is convincing the public that the work you do is much too complicated for ordinary people to understand. 

There was no clearer evidence of this than during the recent election campaign when candidates knocked on doors expecting to woo voters with the exclusionary language of legislators.