Joan rivers: Tánaiste Burton capsizes during Storm Frank assessment

Forget the hundreds of homes and businesses across the country which have been ruined because of the recent flooding.

Yesterday, Storm Frank claimed its biggest victim yesterday in Joan of Ark (as in Noah’s biblical flood vessel) Burton who suffered the ignominy of collapsing out of a canoe in water deep enough for a paddling pool.

As deputy prime minister, amid accusations of our Taoiseach being MIA, in recent days, Joan was in Co Kilkenny to visit business people and residents affected by Storm Frank and its aftermath when she landed in the water along the town’s quay. The quay has been submerged in flood water in the last few days.