Miriam Lord: It’s Fianna Fáil’s ardfheis, but everyone wants to play Simon Says

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Lisa Chambers, Darragh O’Brien, Barry Andrews and Billy Kelleher during the Europe Matters session of the Fianna Fáil ardfheis in Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish TimesThe new Taoiseach wasn’t there in person, but his inescapable presence bugged the life out of his Government partners who wanted to get on with their annual conference without having to talk about him all the time.

Taoiseach Simon Harris enjoyed his first ardfheis without any interference from his main Coalition partner. He showed his gratitude by cornering all the best promises for the Blueshirts and leaving the Soldiers of Destiny to explain them at their ardfheis a week later. The same went for Darragh O’Brien, who has been pumping out stats about new home starts, enhanced allowances and expedited building programmes at a ferocious rate.

The Tánaiste, speaking at the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, has confirmed he will bring a formal proposal to recognise the Palestinian state to Government. A lively cohort of Ógra Fianna Fáil members went some way towards tipping the age scale slightly out of the grey zone. Many retired politicians attended. One approached a veteran journalist to say he would, for the sake of accuracy, supply any details needed for his obituary.

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