Ian Marshall (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Northern Ireland has a silent majority and there are only a few things we know about them: they are silent and they are the majority. They cannot be ignored and their fears and concerns must be addressed and their questions answered.

In closing, I would like to quote a verse that my sister shared with me yesterday. John F. Kennedy claimed that he walked around every day with this poem by Domingo Ortega tucked into his wallet. Domingo Ortega was a farmer's son who became a bullfighter. The poem deals with all the critics who stand on the sidelines. It goes:

Bullfight critics ranked in rows

Crowd the enormous plaza full;

But only one is there who knows

And he is the man who fights the bull.