It was clear during Catherine Connolly’s campaign for the Presidency that who she might appoint to the Council of State would be indicative of the tone of her term in office.
Perhaps those selected might provide her with support should she ever challenge a piece of legislation or make it apparent that she was opposed to the Government line on some issue, foreign policy being the main obvious one.
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