Brian Stanley has gone missing in the political undergrowth, despite noble efforts to find him by media search parties
Miriam Lord: Ireland is transfixed by the disappearance of a giant of the Golden Age of Sinn FéinIn the 1800s Dr David Livingstone, the legendary explorer, went missing in the heart of Africa.
She doesn’t do what almost every other person in a similar position of power would do and instinctively cry: “What’s it all about, Stan-leee?” Anyway, she allows herself to hear the full details only after Stanley resigns, forcing her to abandon her original “out of an abundance of caution” determination to know nothing in favour of an emergency abundance of caution approach. This involves offloading the whole sorry kit and caboodle on to AnIn a most unfortunate twist, Mary Lou, finally in possession of the details, says she cannot reveal them because they are a Garda matter.
It’s all quite exhausting. So the Dáil took a moment to exhale on Wednesday after going full tilt at the story on Tuesday.managed to keep the pressure on Sinn Féin from afar, saying the party still has serious questions to answer on the controversies engulfing the party. But for how long? Sinn Féin moved swiftly on Wednesday to replace deputy Stanley with Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell, amid rumblings that other parties may try to block her appointment.of the Social Democrats is expected to deputise in the chair.
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