The Government will want to focus on the fact that the Children’s Referendum was passed by voters but it’s likely that opposition parties will have questions on how the campaign was handled by ministers and if they should be blamed in any way for the low turnout and the “tighter” than expected result. Joining Pat was Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Brian Hayes; Sinn Fein’s health spokesman Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Mary Minihan from the Irish Times.
For the third week in a row the abortion debate was high on the news agenda here. A judge was sent to jail for the first time in the history of the state , Louis Walsh settled his defamation case with the sun newspaper while in the UK the Leveson report on press ethics was finally published with David Cameron saying he doesn’t think statutory regulation is the way to go . The Greeks were given a better deal on their debt burden with many people asking why can’t something similar be done for us and with the budget just ...
Drivetime's Fergal Keane, Mary Minihan political reporter with The Irish Times and Dr Theresa Reidy with the Department of Government at University College Cork.
Joining Pat for this morning’s Gathering were Mary Minihan of the Irish Times; Dearbhail MacDonald of the Irish Independent and by theologian, Gina Menzies.
The cabinet has been meeting this morning. It is believed that the proposed legislation on abortion and Croke Park 2 were on the agenda. Joining Pat was Mary Minihan, Political Correspondent with the Irish Times.