Dáil teams up for rare show of unity

FRANCE may have seen the hand of God, but the Dáil detected nothing less than the hand of the devil himself.

Thierry Henry’s momentary conjoining of soccer and basketball had repercussions far beyond the Stade de France stadium as the Oireachtas went on the warpath.

For once, Dáil deputies spoke for the nation and would have voted unanimously to dispatch a gunboat to Boulogne – if only we could afford one.