Paul Hosford: Business as usual in the Dáil, for most people, that is
Presidential Candidate Catherine Connolly leaving Leinster House, to speak to a small group of Palestine Solidarity protesters. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins Photos
One of the lesser-known traditions in Irish political life centres on, of all things, turkey and ham.
For some time now, on big days in the Dáil — first sittings, elections of taoisigh, the budget, the month of December, that kind of thing — the Leinster House canteen will offer up, among other things, a full turkey and ham dinner.
