Joan Burton's week (as imagined by Gene Kerrigan)
MONDAY
I get the week off to a flying start with an evening meeting at which I address my constituency workers on what is at stake in this coming election.
Gene Kerrigan There are good things and bad things about the Belfast Agreement, but anyone treating it as a political poker chip is gambling with other people's blood. And that seems to be what went on last week.
Gene Kerrigan You've heard of the "Deep State"? It's an allegedly sinister hidden state-within-the-state, up to all sorts of carry-on. Intelligence agencies, groups of higher civil servants - that kind of thing.
Gene Kerrigan Credit where credit is due. It's uplifting when politicians do what they say they'll do. It's worthy of note when the Taoiseach, for instance, recognises the dreadful plight of children in pain and does something about it.
