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I remember while studying at an IT they had a debate there about the potential dissolution or reform of the Seanad, with some senators taking part. It was deep

I remember while studying at an IT they had a debate there about the potential dissolution or reform of the Seanad, with some senators taking part. It was deeply funny listening to the sitting senators tell us how important the Seanad is, because for all of us - the Seanad was some useless shit we couldn’t vote for or influence in any real way.

jowea 3y ago
> some useless shit we couldn’t vote for or influence in any real way. I have no idea if it's useless shit and I admit to learning about the Seanad 15 minutes ago from Wikipedia but it seems to me that it's supposed to be a weak technocratic advisory chamber insulated from popular will. At least it seems to make more sense than the House of Lords.