Goodbye to angry and negative Sinn Féin. Hello to positive, constructive, and nice Sinn Féin.

In recent weeks, Mícheál Martin, Uachtarán Fhianna Fáil, has ruled out a comeback to politics by some of his former Cabinet colleagues, including former Tánaiste Mary Coughlan and former Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue, stating that their party “needs new blood.”

The absence of the national flag from the Dáil caused laughter today.