Senior officials are running Ireland, not representatives chosen by the people. That’s what  Catherine Murphy, Co-Leader of the Social Democrats and Vice-Chair of the Public Accounts Committee told the Dáil yesterday and Catherine spoke to Shane on the show this morning.

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