Shane Ross easily dis-track-ted by Pyongyang and Man United

The rail review and transport forum are what Ross should be focused on rather than Old Trafford or Pyongyang, writes Stephen Rogers.

At the start of Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil yesterday, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin asked whether Transport Minister Shane Ross is intervening in the rail dispute rather than “tweeting about the fortunes of Manchester United or contemplating publicly a fantasy visit to North Korea”.

There were jokes on social media about Ross wanting to go on the Independent Alliance mission to North Korea because it would be easier to resolve the crisis there than tackle the rail network here.