Colin Sheridan: As first days go, Ceann Comhairle's was 'Reeling in the Years' worthy

Verona Murphy had just one job to do — and even if that job was to herd a crowd of megalomaniac cats, she failed

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy was forced to suspend Dáil proceedings on her first day in the job. Picture: Maxwell's/PA 

First days can be tough. I’m pretty sure I wet myself on the first day of school. I can still recall walking through the gates thinking “don’t fuck this up,” only to promptly relieve myself in the sandpit during the first break. 

There was so much going on around me that my incontinence was lost in the chaos but for the rest of that first day, I had to walk the walk of a boy who just couldn’t hold it in.