The Tánaiste has fallen out of a boat into flood waters in Co. Kilkenny.
Joan Burton and Minister of State Ann Phelan were being pulled along in the boat in Thomastown by a local artist when it tipped over.
The Tánaiste may have learned a lesson about rocking the boat before an election and was able to laugh about the incident afterwards.
Labour might not be floating voters' boats at the moment - but journalist Conor Kane says she quickly found her sea legs after the incident:
