Joan and the Giant Joint not on Burton’s mind for a spliff second

Joan and the Giant Joint was probably not the kind of Christmas fairytale the Tánaiste had on her mind as she toured an art exhibition at a festive-looking Farmleigh House.

And perhaps Ms Burton can be excused for apparently not understanding what the piece she posed with at the display was, as the Labour leader is more used to being accused of igniting splits than spliffs.

While Ms Burton backs the use of cannabis for medical reasons, she is against decriminalising the substance, and seemed unaware she was looking through what has been dubbed a “spliffascope”.