Billed as one of RTE’s major referendum debates, it quickly descended to the nasty and brutish, with all sides trading abuse, much of it personal. Mr Boylan had said the foetus was not fully developed at 12 weeks. What is the connection between the Institute and the Cabinet?” Mr Monaghan asked. Mr Boylan replied: “We have no seat at Cabinet.”Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald in the most accurate if still polite observation of the night, suggested it was debate by “clappogram”. There were lawyers for ‘yes’ and lawyers for ‘no’; doctors for ‘yes’, doctors for ‘no’.

Source: The Irish Times May 14, 2018 23:31 UTC