“On a point of order, I thought I was in Seanad Éireann, but it appears I have inadvertently wandered into a meeting of Donegal County Council.”

—  David Norris

4 July 2013 http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2013-07-04a.7&s=speaker%3A210#g55

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