Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Members had the same level of sincerity as some pantomime dames. There might have been too much ham for the stage at the Abbey Theatre, though.

The G8 summit is coming to Ireland. It will be a large event, a great deal of money will be spent on it and many of the world's leaders will stay in swanky and wonderful hotels. That is how these events work. However, Oxfam Ireland has asked many of us to raise a number of issues on the agenda, for example, preventing companies from dodging taxes in poor countries so that millions might be freed from hunger; stopping poor farmers from being forced from their lands to grow fuel crops rather than food crops; providing aid to stop people dying from hunger; helping the poorest to have enough food on which to live; and ensuring governments and companies are honest about their role in the food system.