Congratulations To Eoin Hayes On Breaking A Unique Record In Irish Politics

Records are there to be broken, and his record is unlikely to be beaten!

Today’s latest news in the ongoing Eoin Hayes saga is that Gardai had to take a break from their usual duties of pondering why crime around O’Connell Street is so bad to handle a potentially explosive situation—that wasn’t. The Social Democrats offices on South Frederick Street, close to the political hive of the Dáil, had their nerves tested when a suspicious parcel addressed to Eoin Hayes landed at their doorstep.

Cue the evacuation of offices, sending the political staff and neighbouring office staff scurrying into the street or the pub, likely questioning their life choices and lunch plans. Around mid-morning, the gardai and the bomb squad swooped in, took a hard look at the concerning package, and declared, “Eh, never mind.”

Not that Eoin Hayes needed more spotlight. The freshly minted TD, who surprised everyone with his electoral victory in Dublin Bay South, found himself suspended by the Social Democrats this week for owning company shares in Palantir and his curious past employm…