Daniel McConnell: Galway golf dinner reinforces the mindset of 'do as we say, not as we do'

Dara Calleary pictured leaving the Convention Centre Dublin earlier this year. File Picture: Brian Lawless

The old adage of a week being a long time in politics now seems hopelessly old-fashioned given the pace of events in the past 48 hours.

Since Aoife Moore and Paul Hosford’s incredible scoop in this newspaper broke online on Thursday afternoon, the fallout from the Oireachtas golf event in Clifden on Wednesday has been swift and seismic.