Daniel McConnell: They huffed and puffed but failed to blow Paschal down

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe on his way into Government Buildings for a meeting Cabinet this morning. Picture: Damien Storan

“I don’t know if you are interested in my answer or my head,” Paschal Donohoe barbed across the Dáil toward Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty in the sharpest clash of the day.

Having been made to wait for almost a week, the national parliament once again set aside time to allow the President of the Eurogroup explain how he failed to properly declare election expenses of less than €5,000 over two elections.