The Force is strong with Jedi Knight David ‘Chuck’ Norris

IT WAS the day they tried to drag old Seanad Éireann down — but they hadn’t banked on the firepower of David “Chuck” Norris.

Part Henry V, part Jedi Knight, part Jedward, the Joycean scholar rallied the upper chamber to fight for its life rather than accept the indignity of slinking off silently into the political night.

Some hailed his call to arms as “presidential” — and it was true that if he ever stood for president of the Oireachtas Amateur Dramatics Society, Chuck would sweep all before him.