Exclusive: Mitchell O’Connor’s emails reveal deluge of queries

More than 250 emails reveal her tendency to “micromanage”

Minister for Jobs Mary Mitchell O’Connor sent hundreds of emails to her now-departed special adviser about media coverage, tweets and getting documents in “plain English”.

More than 250 emails, obtained under a Freedom of Information request, between the minister and her former special adviser Jim McGrath reveal what department sources have described as her tendency to “micromanage”.

McGrath, a former adviser to Labour TD Alan Kelly, resigned in early January, just two months ...