Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent)

It is a privilege as a young Senator to hear Dr. Manning today. I found the sense of truth he brought to the Seanad very invigorating, in the past and present, and the truth is at the core of what he does. I am retiring from DCU today at 3 p.m. to remain in the Seanad, it is to be hoped for the next four or five years. I remind Senator Mullen that DCU could offer the Seanad an urgency, urbanity, youthfulness and way forward in the midst of Ballymun, which it has done for the past 22 years.