The time for hide and seek is over

Fianna Fáil has a key role to play amid the industrial relations collapse

The then Labour Party Minister For Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin speaking to the media outside Landsdown House in Dublin back in 2015 Pic: RollingNews.ie

The unexpected deterioration in the industrial relations climate will, ironically, be a more difficult hurdle for Fianna Fáil than for the government. The government has no choice in the matter. It holds firm on the Lansdowne Road agreement or it surrenders all credibility.

Fianna Fáil does have a choice, and it is apparent that some of its members would, at a minimum, like to take both sides of the road. However, Fianna Fáil ...