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Editorial: Taoiseach swap historic, but results needed on health, housing and climate

In the second half of its term, the coalition needs to have the courage to take on the vested interests that will inevitably resist the changes needed

Taoiseach changeover: ‘If clear evidence of an improvement in the housing crisis does not materialise, tensions between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are likely to increase.’ Picture: Maxwells

The handing over of the Taoiseach’s office from Fianna Fáil to Fine Gael yesterday was a historic moment that reflected just how much Irish politics has changed in recent years.

But the arrangement was forged in the fire of crisis, when in 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic created the conditions for the two civil war parties to put their differences aside and come together with the Green Party as an emergency government.

The emergency of Covid-19 ...