Do we need to elect a largely powerless president at all?
THE ONGOING race for the presidency has, as I understand it, stirred up some controversy this week. Hitherto more than usually colourful, the competition will, following the unavoidable departure of David Norris, now settle back into its traditional soporific torpor.
Ah, this could be just like the old days. You remember. It used to be like watching a mildly ill-tempered squabble in the TV room of an old-peoples’ home. Walking sticks and ear trumpets would be aggressively brandished before, to the surprise of nobody, Grandpa Fianna Fáil achieved the right to watch One Man and His Dograther than Last of the Summer Wine.