Mullingar redivivus

Enda Kenny has broken his summer recess silence to suggest a two-term limit for Fianna Fail governments.

‘There’s no question of subverting the democratic process,’ the Mayo leader said. ‘The President isn’t allowed go for a third term. I see no good reason why this rule shouldn’t apply across the board.

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has backed the Kenny idea. ‘It’s an issue that needs to be put to the people,’ he said. ‘At the very least an Oireachtas committee could be established to discuss it. Nothing whiles away the time like an Oireachtas committee.’