Daniel McConnell: Martin's commitment to the country will be his enduring legacy 

Having now effectively named their teams for the next General Election, Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar no longer have any gifts to dole out in order to keep their troops in line.

You could have scarcely believed it had you not been there.

Sitting in the press gallery inside the thronged Dáil chamber, we watched as Micheál Martin brought the curtain down on his tenure as Taoiseach, the shortest of any in that office in history.