Catherine Byrne is a Leinster House “supersub”, regularly pressed into action when fellow Ministers are unavoidably detained, gone home for the weekend or dodging unpopular answers. RTÉ has the Claire Byrne Show but Leinster House has the Minister Catherine Byrne show, every ThursdayHe doesn’t come in very often for Topical Issues. RTÉ has the Claire Byrne Show but Leinster House has the Minister Catherine Byrne show, every Thursday, for topical issues,” smarmed Caoimhghín. Twice this week, the Minister for Justice bemoaned his fate as he was incarcerated for yet more hours in the Upper House. He recalled being a guest speaker at a meeting of the newly formed Laois-Offaly Divorce Action Group in 1986 at the time of the first divorce referendum.

Source: The Irish Times April 13, 2019 00:00 UTC