Politics borrows fad from business - Pause for thought

The think-in — also known or disparaged as away days, team-building weekends, bonding breaks, and time-and-money-down-the-drain exercises — is a fad borrowed by political parties from the world of business.

TDs and senators meet in resort hotels and country houses to, well, think about the autumn Dáil session and workshop — this is now a verb — their party’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.