In our view, the stifling consensus in Irish politics must be broken open for the sake of the health of our democracy.
That this cannot go on is obvious. That if it does go on much worse will follow is something that a blind man – even one blinded by pepper spray – could see.
As a general rule, a message that the authorities will go to great lengths to censor is always worth hearing, and understanding.
The constitution was given to us, the electorate, to guard.
This is a Government that sees its people as the biggest problem facing the country. It is a sentiment that the public should return, with interest.
Be careful what you wish for
The anomaly gets coverage, the normal gets tumbleweed.
Let’s see what happens when their existence depends on serving the public, rather than being served by the public.
It is, in essence, an administrative usurpation of political power.
On every other matter concerning the climate, efficiency is their watchword. Yet here, they wish to hobble and destroy one of the most efficient industries in the world.
There’s a difference in other words between high status lunacy and low status lunacy.
It is safe to say that any other policy involving these kinds of cost would have been subject to an entirely different kind of public debate