O’Donoghue must learn how to play his cards

EVERY soccer and GAA referee in the country must have despaired at John O’Donoghue’s opening performance in the Ceann Comhairle’s robes.

Mr O’Donoghue gave Arthur Morgan three yellows but kept him in the Dáil chamber. He engaged in a shouting match with Fine Gael despite the fact that he is one and they are 51.

For every minute the new Ceann Comhairle was on his feet, pointing at the Fine Gael benches, his authority drained away.