David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Some 85% of Irish people still acknowledge one Christian denomination.

Then there is the old hoary stuff about tourism. For God's sake. First, the Irish pub is an embarrassment. It is a plague of warts all over Europe, with these completely artificial tractors hanging out of the ceiling and all of that kind of stuff. It is disgusting. Has anybody done a survey of the tourists or asked the tourists what they think? I have not heard anybody introduce evidence that the tourists are bellyaching. I have never heard anyone complain. It is only one day. Pace, Senator Craughwell. It is a bank holiday. If one is going to open pubs, it is an extra day's work. I do not know what he was talking about but he was completely wrong.