Fionnán Sheahan

But it's not really central to where we're at.

The bigger questions really are long term.

for the shape of our politics, because as Mary says, the next group up with a set of grievances and a couple of decent WhatsApp groups will be out there trying to push their case.

And how are the authorities going to deal with that?

There are a few ready-made answers here.

Yeah, and especially when you've got a 10 billion budget surplus sitting in the coffers, it's going to be increasingly hard to say no.

OK, John Downing and Barry Regan, thanks very much for that update.

I'm Fionnuala Sheehan and today's episode of the IndoDaily was produced by Dave Hanratty, researched by Philip Coman and John Byrne, recorded by Rory Bowens, with sound design by Adam Shanahan.

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