New Irish senator is a top class Fernando Torres lookalike

We hope Senator Hildegarde Naughton’s latest move works out better than El Nino’s...

Our newest national politician is Senator Hildegarde Naughton. The Fine Gael member is a former mayor of Galway and she stepped into the Upper House yesterday following the departure of Martin McAleese. And now, thanks to the eagle-eyed, and brilliant, Irish Twitter political account Oireachtas Retort (@Oireachtas_RX), a striking similarity between the new Senator and a Spanish goalscorer can’t be unseen.

Fernando Torres & new Senator Hildegarde Naughton pic.twitter.com/8G6ofhV0Fm — Oireachtas Retort (@Oireachtas_RX) July 23, 2013

  Great spot. Now, let’s just hope for Naughton’s sake her early promise doesn’t tail off into a somewhat disappointing end to her career…