A good week for Nenagh's Manassa Mauler
Alan Kelly's tenacity and pointed questions threw the justice department and minister into a spin, while the confidence and supply agreement has taken damage, writes Pat Rabbitte
I have no knowledge of what transpired when Enda Kenny appointed Frances Fitzgerald Minister for Justice in 2014. I have never spoken to either the former Taoiseach or the former Tánaiste about this particular issue. My guess is that the new minister was told to batten down the hatches.
She was taking over in unprecedented circumstances where her predecessor had resigned, the secretary-general had been moved and the Garda commissioner had departed. After ...
