Brendan Ryan (Labour)

The people did not nominate him. He was nominated by a party which knew full well he could not utter a sentence in Irish and got him elected to Údarás. It is hard to recall an exercise in hypocrisy exceeding this.

Today's newspapers report on the EU's attempt to harmonise divorce legislation, which Senator Terry has raised in the House on a number of occasions. Anybody, like myself, who was on the losing side in the first divorce referendum in Ireland is well protected from sensitivities in this regard. I have no problem with the liberalisation of our divorce laws but I have a significant problem——