Emperor’s new robes restored after flap

Oh my, what a storm in a TD cup!

The Dáil was agog at the scale of the scandal as Seanie had to say sorry — sort of — to Micheál and Gerry for telling Miriam they had been picking on him.

Meanwhile, in the real world, the scandal of Central Statistics Office data — released two weeks ago — showing 140,000 children in this country are now rooted in consistent poverty without basics such as heating or warm clothes has yet to be debated in the Dáil — even in the 12-minute toy-town topical issue time slot.