Fine Gael says that the Government should agree not to contest the seat if Fine Gael Senator and MEP Jim Higgins resigns. This is wrong, I argued in the Seanad:
Monthly Archive
for: ‘February, 2006’
How Independent is the Judiciary?
How independent is the judiciary? There was a strong reaction from Government benches this week when I posed the question: Mr. Ross: Senator Jim Walsh raised the matter of the Judiciary on which Senators Norris and O’Toole and I tabled a motion some time ago. I refer to political appointments to the Judiciary and seek …
NTR has Made a Monkey of the Minister for Transport
The Minister, in a fiasco of a statement last week, announced that the plaza on the West Link toll bridge would be opened. Apparently, we were all meant to applaud but why should we do so? It will only be opened in two years’ time. The significance of the date is that it will be …
There are Political Reasons for the Government Ignoring the Extent of Criminality
This country’s attitudes to Northern Ireland have moved on in the most encouraging way. The Leader [of the Seanad, Mary O’Rourke] stated that the Taoiseach’s great flexibility and the fact that he does not carry any baggage are assets. I endorse that view. We can sit back and criticise the Taoiseach for many things. However, …