Sir, – Guillotines and whips (real ones) were the chosen instruments of dictatorships in the past. It’s hardly a coincidence that these two words are again to the fore, as the chosen instruments to ensure that fewer and fewer people in our Government get to exercise more and more power.
A reformed Seanad would be the one remaining curb on that power, which is precisely why those in power want it gone. The Democracy Matters group gives us hope, but it needs urgent nationwide slogans such as “Save-our-Seanad” or “Reform not Rejection”. – Yours, etc,
DAVID RICE,
Marine Village,
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Killaloe,
Co Clare.