It will come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Seamus Coleman doesn’t expect to be swapping Friday’s scrap in the Parken for a stroll in the park tonight.

A Kerryman pointed a .22 rifle at a man having a sandwich outside his workplace in Cork and later joked about the fright he caused him.

AS the Dáil began to fill up yesterday afternoon, the focus of an entire summer’s worth of intrigue, gossip, barely-founded speculation and raw jealousy shifted to any non-occupied seats.