Political dispute over McNulty
Senator Coghlan rejects allegations of political strokes over McNulty and defends the Minister’s conduct, before the Chair rules that party-political issues are not in order.
Senator Thomas Byrne is no longer in the Chamber, but I was amused by his remarks about strokes.
Comment on this
No strokes were pulled. Last night the Taoiseach recommended that Deputies and Senators accede to the wish of Mr. McNulty that we do not vote for him in the forthcoming Seanad by-election. The only stroke pulled today concerns the sticking of a poker in the fire to fuel it. There is so much good news in the media that Senator Thomas Byrne is trying to take attention away from it. He probably got his information on the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, reading a script last night in the media. I was in attendance and the Minister did not read a script. She spoke very well.