Irish Examiner view: Revelations cast doubt on system

The referendum results were a blow to all the parties which supported them, but the political system has been further damaged by politicians’ revelations of 'do as I say, not as I do'. Or in this case: Do as I canvass, not as I vote. Picture:  Domnick Walsh 

The aftershock from last week’s referendums continues to reverberate, and interventions from individual politicians are not improving matters for their various parties.

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald and Labour’s Ivana Bacik have tried to distance themselves from the results, while senior Fianna Fáil figure Willie O’Dea has called on his party to “stop playing to the woke gallery”.