Paul Hosford: Dáil ends low-energy term as TDs break for summer holidays

After months of political rows and few laws passed, TDs leave a flat Dáil term behind as summer recess begins

There was a definite air of 'school's out for summer' feel around Leinster House on Thursday. Photo: Sam Boal/Collins Photos

Nobody was signing each other's school shirts around Leinster House on Thursday, but there was a definite air of "school's out for summer".

Some 175 days after Micheál Martin was elected for a second term as Taoiseach, the Dáil rises on Thursday evening for its summer break.