Special interest groups: Go mainstream

We have become so sensitive, so open to being offended, that it is almost impossible to comment on any cause, any lobby group, without causing unintended offence.

That reality, that unfortunate constraint, comes into play with the announcement that Dáil Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, is to consider facilitating the establishment of an LGBT Oireachtas group.