Court protects Dáil privilege: A victory for our democracy

Yesterday’s unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court that members of the Dáil enjoy the protection offered by the shield of Dáil privilege must be welcomed. Any other ruling would have ushered in a dangerous culture of silencing debate and questioning in the most important forum in our democracy.

Our parliament, our capacity to hold those involved in matters of important public interest to account would have been emasculated. That would have been unacceptable.