> 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

> 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.