I believe the whole Norris incident offers vital clues as to how Ireland really works, and the creation ex nihilo of soothsayers from TCD – Gurdjiev, von Prondzynski, Norris, Robinson inter alia (spot the Irish name).
A first question is – how did Norris get a job at TCD with only a BA among his earned degrees? And whence this reputation for brilliance, given that he published nothing of any merit, let alone becoming meritorious of the accolade of “Ireland's leading Joyce scholar”;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/02/scandal-scuppers-gay-president
David is not a scholar of any sort. He is just - fortunately for us – a very incompetent politician who finally chanced his arm just a little too much.
In a metaphorical sense, David was born in 1987; it was then he first ran for a Trinity Seanad seat. He ran alongside Mary Robinson and Ferdinand von Prondzynski, inter alia. In a parallel universe, FvP is still running for the Irish presidency, while Norris is enjoying his third year of retirement from TCD. Instead, FvP decided to lead us to the Elysium of full corporate takeover of the universities and destroyed centuries of goodwill while losing 8 cases. Robinson represented both Norris and Bacik in court – unsuccessfully.
The TCD hustings in 1987 were interesting indeed, with FvP being outshone by his loquacious colleague. Of course, we now have the chance to be led by Robinson's successor Ivana Bacik to the Parnassus of abortion on demand. It is interesting how many of these people are immigrants with rather fragmented psyches and attenuated/mysterious family backgrounds.( An Irish MK-Ultra, anyone? )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKULTRA
Gurdjiev does not even have a name – it should be Georgiades, if anything.
If he has any integrity, Norris will resign from the Seanad immediately. It is clear that a lot of people like him. It is also clear that he was never qualified to teach, and that a real scholar should have been coming into his own at 52, the age David retired.
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