Opinion

Elaine Byrne: Varadkar is like Goldilocks who finds reform of the Seanad too big or too little

There will never, ever be any solution to the issue of changes of the Upper House that will be deemed to be just right for the Taoiseach

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: against a ‘minimalist reform’ whereby the Seanad franchise would be extended to graduates of all third-level institutions, but the ‘comprehensive’ reform he prefers is currently impossible