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Taoiseach Enda Kenny was “naturally, personally disappointed” by the goverment’s defeat in the Seanad referendum. (Niall Carson/PA Wire)
The coffins of 111 migrants who died after their boat capsized off Italy on Thursday. (Pic: AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
#ITALY: Divers hope to resume the search off Italy amid fears the death toll could reach 300.
#WHITE WIDOW: Samantha Lewthwaite was not part of the Nairobi shopping mall attack last month according to Kenyan police.
#SHUTDOWN: The US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned that any prolonged shutdown of the government could affect US reputation internationally. [BBC]
(Pic: Benjamin Lawlor)
Dubliners were treated to an unexpected re-enactment of a the Lottery’s ‘rainbow’ TV ad this afternoon.
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Enda is a bell end
See Kenny has reappeared again now there is no requirement to speak on his referendums. Some leader……
Time to reform the Seanad.
It needs to be the Dail’s wiser, more thoughtful parent.
However, it needs to be more like a parent of a 16 year old: “While you are under my roof, you’ll do what I say!”, not a parent of a 17 year old: “Why don’t you listen to a word I say?”.
The two houses should have equal clout.
Nobody in FF actually wants a reformed Seanad. If they did, they would have wanted it before now.
I’m not a FG supporter but can any one tell me how has democracy won when only 3 per cent of the population can vote for the senate!
Please explain!
Democracy is not ‘Absolute,’ it is only a shared set of common assumptions about reality that we have inferred through reasoning over the millenia. In a true Democracy there are no winners or losers. That is greedy competitive pride, not a democratic functioning.
You see Brendan two types of people voted to remain the Seanad. 1Those who benefit personally by having more power than others and 2 those who believe in fairy tales about how Fianna Fail have had some miracle epiphany about the need for reform.
Enda of the cuff idea has cost us the taxpayer 15 million. One of the most expensive after dinner speeches ever.
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