I cautiously welcome the outcome of the Chequers negotiations last weekend. I think British politicians are eventually coming to their senses.

It is time for reflection now because a bad deal for the United Kingdom is a bad deal for Ireland and for the European Union. I hope there will be a change of mind regarding Brexit. I hope also that Brexit will not happen and that this is good news.

I agree with Senators Conway and Norris on the presidential election. The previous presidential election was a race to the bottom.

Yes.

It was a jamboree of insults. People's good character was dragged through the mud, and nobody appeared to apologise.

No, but they paid for it. There were ten libel actions.

I suppose Senator Norris is well able to stand up for himself after that. It is time the Seanad debated this issue and came up with some code of conduct regarding the media and various political parties because the previous presidential election sent out the wrong signal in terms of all the candidates. No one would get involved in such an election, particularly if it were similar to the previous one.

On a more sombre note, tomorrow, 11 July, we will remember Srebrenica, which became synonymous with those dark days in 1995 when in the first ever United Nations declared safe area, thousands of men and boys were systematically murdered and buried in mass graves. The victims, predominantly Muslim, were selected for death on the basis of their identity. That was the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War. We should remember what happened in Srebrenica in 1995, which must never happen again. I hope we will remember it.