Life after the Morning of the Long Pause

The infamous FAI hearing at the sport and transport committee of April 2019, since known as the Morning of the Long Pause, marked a turning point in the fortunes of many of the participants, though no-one realised that at the time.

The strange circumstances — busful of TDs, asteroid strike — which led to the surprise general election of May 2019 were almost overshadowed by the results of the election itself, but it’s generally accepted that Michael Healy-Rae was an unusual choice as Minister for Sport in the next administration, but history has been kind to the Kerry Deputy.