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A lot of anger was levelled at the Taoiseach following the Government’s response to the nationwide fuel protests last week. File Picture: Philip Toscano

Last week marked my fifth anniversary as a political journalist in Leinster House.

A lot has changed since 2021. TDs aren’t sitting in the Convention Centre anymore, and the idea of a 2km lockdown is, thankfully, well and truly confined to the history books.