A great man for the one-liners is our Micheál. As we prepared to quiz him about their TV encounter and Leo Varadkar’s car crash response to that illegal drug question (some cannabis in college but that was a long time ago) the Fianna Fáil leader was unexpectedly wreathed in smoke from a nearby ventilation system.

The co-owner of "Miss Fantasia", an adult shop in Dublin city centre, has been remanded for sentence in October this year after being found in possession of almost €4,000 worth of cocaine.