Paul Hosford: As the Dáil returns, two topics dominate the agenda 

When the first Leaders' Questions of the term kicked off, there was tutting and heckling and recriminations as Mary Lou McDonald and Taoiseach Simon Harris renewed acquaintances. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

It had been 69 days since the Dáil sat, but absence had not made the heart grow fonder across the benches.

While TDs have been away, the political agenda has been dominated by two things — the timing of the next general election and the bike shed.