Giddy Dáil delighted to wade past water charges

“Sit down Deputy Doherty, sit down.”

A usually jovial Eugene Murphy, who was in the Ceann Comhairle’s chair yesterday, had been forced to his feet and was pointing across the Dáil chamber at Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty.

For more than 10 minutes the chamber had witnessed jibes, smart remarks, and all-out heckling as Mr Doherty raised issues around Brexit.