Dáil dithers after shepherd fails to gather flock

At 10.39am, a panicked text was sent out with an URGENT catchline.

Dáil dithers after shepherd fails to gather flock

Ten minutes after the Dáil was due to start, just two Fine Gael members were in the chamber — Limerick’s Tom Neville, and minister of state David Stanton, who had to be there to bring forward legislation.

A last minute text was sent out in a bid to drum up a few more Fine Gael TDs to meet the quorum of 20. “URGENT: Please attend the Chamber NOW or business will collapse,” it read.

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