Politics
Paschal Donohoe: ‘Sinn Féin slide has begun and will accelerate’
Minister for Public Expenditure on IMF speculation, his prediction of Fine Gael’s election performance, and the opposition’s falling support
When news broke in December that Paschal Donohoe was considering a bid to head up the all-powerful International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, it sent a brief shockwave through the Fine Gael hierarchy.
For months, the party had faced announcement after announcement from sitting representatives both old and young that they would be standing down from frontline politics.
The fear was that losing the public expenditure minister, long held in high regard across the political ...
