Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

I stand corrected. Seamount College deserves closer scrutiny, and the proposal from Senator Kitt and, I am sure, Senator Ulick Burke for a new college on a greenfield site should be pursued. The nuns own the building and are going to move out. No one can take it from them.

Senator Ó Murchú raised the case of a certain woman who contacted RTE because of an appearance by Mary Coughlan scheduled for "The Late Late Show". It has nothing to do with her namesake, the Minister for Agriculture and Food. The Senator stated quite correctly that the station had taken great care, consulted its legal advisers, and had everything scrutinised. I would always prefer listening to Mary Coughlan rather than the other woman, but that is no concern of mine. He also said that RTE was not subject to good taste regulations and rightly provided evidence of its demonisation of the religious over an extended period.

Poor Senator Browne raised the issue of divorce. I think that pre-nuptial agreements have discouraged women.