People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett was back in Dáil Éireann on Wednesday, eight months after taking leave to have treatment for throat cancer. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
“We never thought we’d miss you so much.”
Aah, but they did.
Someone had to say something to staunch the soppiness.
Let’s face it, it wouldn’t have been a good look to mark Richard Boyd Barrett’s return to the Dáil after getting the all-clear from cancer by having him die of embarrassment on his first day back in the chamber.
After all the warm applause and with deputies still smiling over this happy outcome, Michael Healy-Rae interjected with a little tongue-in-cheek levity, allowing the Ceann Comhairle to gently steer business back to the normal hostilities.
Everyone was delighted see RBB back in his usual place among his socialist comrades, eight months after taking leave to have treatment for throat cancer.
The People Before Profit TD for Dún Laoghaire is returning on a phased basis and, by the sounds of it, so is his famous foghorn delivery.
Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy was delighted to welcome him back, even if he can be one of
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