The house of horrors

I see the Seanad referendum occurred last Friday, and there has been some criticism of the Taoiseach for not participating in a debate on same.

News to me. In my distant past I have a memory of a vigorous debate with Mr Kenny, though it wasn’t on a constitutional matter so much as a run of games played by a League of Ireland team.

In a previous life your correspondent spent his working day in Leinster House, described by one of its denizens as the cockpit of democracy, and described by others as, well, your imagination can do the rest.