Mick Clifford: Will the presidency go back to pre-Robinson era as a retirement home for politicians?

When the dust clears, we will see whether we’re going to get a continuity Michael D presidency, or go back to the future when the president was often seen, but rarely heard

Heather Humphreys is weighed down with 14 years of government sins. She is constantly being invited to repent, but instead she insists she was never really there when the housing crisis went south. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

And then there were three. So was titled a 1978 album from the group Genesis after the fourth member of the band did a runner. 

That was released during an era when the office of the presidency of Ireland was considered a retirement home for politicians. The last president thus categorised, probably unfairly, was Paddy Hillary, who occupied the office from 1976 to 1990.