Royal blunders and a bag of cow dung — a look back at the year that was

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his partner Matt Barrett meet with King Charles III during a reception at Buckingham Palace on May 6.
From uproar over Paschal's posters to flip-flops at the national broadcaster, 2023 has been quite the political year.
Leinster House welcomed the birth of a number of political scions while a growing rump of TDs made it clear that they will not be hanging around after the next election.