Unions are male dominated but Leinster House sure gives them a run for their money, writes Alison O’Connor

WE WILL start with an admission: I rather enjoyed the extravaganza that was the Spring Statement. I am in a minority, I know, and it does feel like a guilty pleasure.

I’M feeling like the Government has given me a bunch of flowers and an apology, but no real explanation why they’ve made such a mess of our relationship.

BERTIE Ahern roared back into the Dáil Chamber for the first day of term yesterday, basking in a mild orange glow from his recent sell-out tour of India and sporting all the energy of the Hindu god Ganesh.