Possible Clues:

• No trouble in the TD getting him made fun of
• Flirted with
• Picked on
• Made mild fun of, bantered
• Annoyed playfully and carded wool
• Meals he baited
• In one in the Dail you've no difficulty in having made fun of him
• Made fun of the comfort of being in the Dail
• Irish politician without rest becoming ragged
• Kidded around