Troy Boy launches cult career among ghosts of Cabinets past

It was a clear case of bye-bye Bertie, hello Troy Boy.

Fianna Fáil’s youngest deputy Robert Troy had plugged himself into the national grid ahead of his warm-up speech for the party leader and exploded from nowhere to become the ard fheis darling.

Helen of Troy may have launched a few ships, but the yelling of Troy launched a whole new cult of personality as the baby of the Dáil was instantly being talked up by the grassroots as a future leader.