Handbags at 11am as Shane Ross rails at Eamon Ryan’s ‘amnesia’

Members of the Green Party undoubtedly pride themselves on frugality — so being accused of “spending money like there was no tomorrow” must have been the ultimate insult to Eamon Ryan.

But the Dáil snipes and swipes continued as Transport Minister Shane Ross suggested that Green Party leader Mr Ryan must be popping “amnesia pills” as he had forgotten that “he was in government when the country was bankrupt”.

If the few TDs who made it into the morning Dáil debate had thought it would be a drowsy way to kill time, they were rudely awoken by bellows across the chamber.