Lorna Fitzpatrick

So I don't necessarily think that Labour are seen as old.

And of course, I would say that.

And I think Sinn Féin actually have to also shouldn't be seen in that way.

But I do think they have a little bit of additional difficulty in that some of their front bench spokespeople have been in those positions for quite a period of time.

Back to Sarah's point around, you know, they didn't do what they should have done.

Sinn Féin didn't reach the levels that they were expected to in the last general election.

I actually think it was the election before that was the one where they really missed out.

If they had ran the higher number of candidates, we could be in a completely different world now because Eoin O'Brien could have been Minister for Housing and we could have seen a very different scenario.

Or maybe we wouldn't.

And yet our education system has really failed to include it in any meaningful way.

And that's really problematic.

So like, you know, back to the former Taoiseach's point around the National Training Fund, having employers and trade unions work together to look at what that future work looks like.

Fantastic idea.

But we also need to take it a step back into the education system.

So from a third level perspective, from a secondary school perspective.

The shadow AI that's happening in employment is most definitely happening when it comes to secondary schools and colleges right around the country.

And we have not, in any meaningful way, really delved into what that can look like and how we can best use it.

Which is not a bad idea but the critical thinking we absolutely need to ensure we have.

But we shouldn't have people repeating the process that has been done for the last 20 or 30 years because that's how it's been done for the last 20 or 30 years when the next 20 or 30 are going to look so vastly different.

Yeah, it was a really interesting piece.