Seanad Wednesday 16 May 2018 at 11:30

Royal wedding and strike memories

Summary

Members continued joking about the royal wedding, strikes and Buckingham Palace memories, with Buttimer, Norris and Gavan trading light remarks before the Chair warned against the Order of Business disintegrating.

Paul Coghlan Fine Gael

We are all disappointed for them.

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Catherine Noone Fine Gael

There is still time.

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David P.B. Norris Senator David Norris Independent

I did get to Princess Anne's 60th birthday party in Buckingham Palace.

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Jerry Buttimer Fine Gael

I am impressed at Senator Norris's ability to recall that there was an ESB strike during Princess Margaret's wedding.

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Paul Gavan Sinn Féin

Up the workers.

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Jerry Buttimer Fine Gael

I never thought I would hear Senator Gavan welcoming a royal wedding to end a strike.

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David P.B. Norris Senator David Norris Independent

It did not end the strike, it was only temporarily suspended.

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