Seanad debates
Friday, 4 July 2003
Business of Seanad.
Talking about censoring, there is only one occasion on which this House has censored itself and that was in 1942. At that time we had "Sirs" in this House. A Senator, Sir John Keane, quoted from the book, The Tailor and Ansty, which was forbidden to be read. The then Editor of Debates did not include the quotation from The Tailor and Ansty, written by Eric Cross, a man from Newry, in the Official Report. The entry states: "The Senator quoted from the book". It does not even refer to the title, The Tailor and Ansty. That was in 1942. We no longer have "Sirs" in this House, thankfully, although I am sure they gave good service in their day.
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