Elaine Loughlin: Dáil goes intergalactic with no confidence row

The Government comfortably won the vote of confidence, with the backing of 85 TDs

Mary Lou McDonald was going intergalactic, but was quickly brought down to earth when the Government won the vote of confidence. Picture: PA

On the day that new space photographs revealing the secrets of the universe were released, Mary Lou McDonald was going intergalactic.

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien claimed that the Sinn Féin leader’s arrogance had reached such levels that Nasa’s James Webb telescope would be needed to track it.