Border crossing no child’s play for dicey Reilly

After months in political free fall, hapless Health Minister James Reilly narrowly missed hitting bottom when he tumbled while attempting to navigate a children’s playground.

A floor-level bridge sent the minister spinning out of control as worryingly as his health budget, but Reilly just about managed not to land on his backside.

Branded a political stroke specialist by opponents, it was a stroke of bad luck — and bad balance — that sent Reilly spinning off an object most five-year-olds treat as child’s play.