Politics

Phil Hogan: ‘Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have every chance of winning the next election if they stick together’

The bullish former minister and trade commissioner last week shared his trenchant opinions on everything from the forthcoming polls here, in Britain and in the US, to Brexit, immigration and the departure of TDs from Fine Gael

Phil Hogan: ‘I will not be a candidate in any future election in Ireland.’ Picture: Naoise Culhane

Never the silent type, Phil Hogan last week lived up to his billing as a straight shooter as he shared his trenchant opinions on everything from Sinn Féin to Leo Varadkar and a second Trump presidency at an event in Dublin city centre.

“Every word means something,” Hogan, the former Fine Gael minister, told the assembled crowd.

“And when the Taoiseach has been asked when he is going to have an election, he has said ...