On what is usually the busiest day of the week, Dáil Éireann wrapped up its business before teatime and the House adjourned. The Brexit Omnibus Bill debate ran out of steam a full day and a half before it was scheduled to end. Nothing more to be said on the subject of Boring Old Brexit, which is what Bob became after the umpteenth TD read out yet another variation on the same script. This joy was not unbridled, however, because the early closure of the Dáil left Senators in a state of confusion. Afterwards, there was a small but respectable display of blessed ashes on forehead in the chamber, but nothing like old days.

Source: The Irish Times March 06, 2019 22:08 UTC