Ireland
Taoiseach backs Irish honours system
Tuesday, 20 November 2007 22:05
The Taoiseach has backed the establishment of a system to honour Irish people but said it must command all party support.
Mr Ahern told the Dáil that any scheme would have to be transparent and to be open to any person.
Enda Kenny said that any system agreed would have be so devised that it did not breed public cynicism and it would have be above partisan party politics.
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Labour's Eamon Gilmore said the more he heard about the idea the less he liked it, asking how an honours system would be compatible with a republic where everyone was equal.
But Caoimhghin O'Caolain of Sinn Féin said he was in favour of a scheme and saw no difficulty in reconciling the idea with republican principles.
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