Political animals stake their claim as kings of the jungle

LIFE was wild in the Dáil as the big beasts battled with each other to stake their claim as king of the political jungle.

The Wildlife Bill saw much breast beating, and more than a little logic cheating as a flash of manic animal magic engulfed the Leinster House zoo.

Mattie McGrath refused to be whipped through the Dáil, escaping from his Fianna Fáil shackles and shedding his nickname as the “back-down boyo”.