The sky is gonna fall in.

Bronzed buffed bodies will roam St Stephen's Green on their way to the Dáil chamber.

In the chamber itself, mood lighting will be installed to highlight the newly-toned muscles.

In a massive boost for Mick Wallace, all TDs will be issued with short-sleeved shirts to show off their muscled arms.

And all because the Dáil gym has employed a personal trainer. Headline writers and outraged Opposition TDs had a fit. €56k, they shrieked!

It’s a two-year contract. I did the math and it works out at €28k a year. That is technically less than the average industrial wage.

I refuse to bandwagon jump.

If you have a gym, you probably have an in-built personal trainer.

Nothing to be seen here, folks. Yes, I hear that the ‘how many...’ could be bought line being trotted out. For that money, the cruel reality is it is small change. No real policy change would be funded by that.

Move on and get ready for silly season is upon us.