YOU DON’T have to be po-faced to be a member of People Before Profit.

They like a drink, a bit of grub and a night out like the rest of us.

Richard Boyd-Barrett and Joan Collins are no different from other TDs in that they occasionally entertain supporters in the Dáil bar.

We hear they had a big bash in the Members’ Restaurant last night – 137 people came in for dinner.

Deputy Collins also had a large crowd in the restaurant the previous Friday.

Last night’s menu offered a choice of starter: buffalo mozzarella and tomato with black olive salad and rocket pesto or goujons of cod with tartar sauce. There was a choice of three main courses: roast saddle of lamb with mint sauce; grilled breast of chicken with creamy peppercorn sauce, or baked salmon with tarragon.

The desert offering was crème caramel with wild berries; chocolate fudge cake and ice-cream; apple pie with custard sauce, or fresh fruit salad.

The comrades will have been pleased to know that Fair Trade tea and coffee was available, while the house wine was served.

We don’t know who footed the bill – did the guests stump up individually later, or did it come out of the deputies’ generous allowance?