Following the leaking of the internal Dáil report yesterday morning into last week’s voting irregularities, Collins was found to have voted for Dooley, even though he had left the chamber. Later, during the statements, Dooley, Collins, and their colleagues Lisa Chambers and Barry Cowen took to their feet to issue grovelling and abject apologies. Chambers began by saying she inadvertently sat in the wrong seat in the Dáil during voting time. But one thing is clear — Dooley and Collins are extremely unlikely to be reinstated to their frontbench positions. A hell of a price to pay for a moment of careless stupidity.

Source: Irish Examiner October 24, 2019 22:52 UTC