Michael Brennan: How a cosy appointment turned into a political crisis

There is confusion within Fine Gael as to why senior party figures seem eager to do favours for a former independent minister who rejected them.

Katherine Zappone was appointed as a special UN envoy for freedom of expression but did not take up the position after it emerged she had held an outdoor party in the Merrion Hotel attended by 50 people, including Tánaiste Leo Varadkar. Picture: Rollingnews