Sir, – Olivia O’Leary (Opinion, February 14th) is quite correct in the following statement, “So what should TDs be doing? They should not be competing with their constituency colleagues to do county councillors’ jobs, they should be engaging with politics at a national level and with the wider public debate. Too often the researchers they are now allowed to employ are diverted to constituency work.”
But we are about to elect a whole bunch of county councillors from which our national parties will select their candidates for the Dáil.
Why are we surprised if they continue to conduct council business?
It is not so long since they could legally hold down the both “jobs”. – Yours, etc,
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T MURPHY,
Shamrock Drive,
Muskerry Estate,
Ballincollig,
Co Cork.