Opposition TDs have complained they are being treated “like bold school children outside the principal’s office” in having to queue to get speaking rights in the Dáil.

A Kilkenny record store threatened to refuse the sale of Ed Sheeran tickets if there was a repeat of the antisocial scenes witnessed outside its premises the last time a queue formed for the singer-songwriter.

Colm O’Regan is trying to be Zen about queues.