Final line of Raglan Road rings true as day breaks for Cowen
Deputies, ministers and journalists swirl around one another late into the night and early morning across the party conference hotel bar exchanging news and gossip — the press and politicians seeking either stories or publicity in an informal, laid-back atmosphere impossible to recreate back at the Dáil.
TDs on tour tend to let their guard down — not to mention their hair — as the annual pre-season “think-ins” roll around the country in the run-up to the new Oireachtas term commencing.
