David Norris Resigns

Funny, intelligent, articulate and brave. A patriot. We have very few people in public life like that. But, he had some controversies, which was the end of his political career.

Also, I blame him for allowing Leo Varadkar to weasel some popularity 😁😁😁

Senators on their phones during this at the Senad should be called out and fired for being disrespectful to the Irish electorate. Not because Norris resigned, but because they are complete turnips.

It’s also tough to get past the McGill interview that help torpedo his presidential campaign…

At the very worst an out an out creep, at best.. an absolute outstanding level of poor judgment in choosing the words that he did and expressing that sentiment…Mind blowing levels of ignorance on his behalf….

On the age of consent… “ I would hope we could produce a society where people would be inclined to draw lines for themselves "

thats a pretty horrific statement…

yes a very articulate, engaging and educated man but also he was in many aspects quite disassociated from reality…

I think if he’d have been elected president, there would have been serious question marks as to his ability or willingness to maintain levels of diplomacy and good judgement at least to the extent that the role would demand both at home and abroad….far too often he had the propensity to get overly emotive or as above, just blurt out grim stuff..

one thing I noticed from his resignation, he looks extremely pale and seems to have lost weight. 79 now I’m seeing so maybe it’s just an age thing…but hmmm.

did he ever seek a seat in the Dáil ? I can recall or see any mention of it… which is peculiar for a person in politics so long….

Made a nice living in politics here, wasn’t my cup of tea but anyway…

The people pitching it as abolish of reform were outright lying to retain it

It was abolish or retain as is, no changes. Reform was never on the table and the people who pushed the "retain and reform" lie have done absolutely nothing to even try reform it since. Some of them have since been in the cabinet!

1979 was the referendum to extend to all graduates. Supreme Court has given a sufficient delay that almost certainly the next election will still be Trinity and NUI constituencies.

How can you be too ill to be an academic but healthy enough to be a Senator?

Are all the Assistant Principal officers in the civil service, who's salary the Senator role is matched to, also a part time job for experienced people?

Nothing in the job spec for Senators about them being elderly. Ask Lynn Ruane or Eileen Fitzgerald.

Even people on the State Disability Allowance are allowed to work a number of hours a week.