Joan Burton’s final hour, politically speaking, has arrived.
The Labour leader is widely expected to announce her resignation today, after a disastrous election result that saw her party’s occupancy within the Dáil reduced to just seven seats.
An end to a political career in Ireland is nothing to worry about for the individual themselves, as a possible golden handshake and a sizeable pension await, but at least she will be out of the limelight for good.