Mary Regan: 'Handling of garda controversies will be a lasting legacy for Kenny'

While the coalition has been pulled back from the brink, events of recent days have left bad blood within cabinet

Colm Reddy makes his point outside Government Buildings Pic: RollingNews.ie
Colm Reddy makes his point outside Government Buildings Pic: RollingNews.ie

Three weeks agoI wrote a column for the Sunday Business Post outlining why the then pending Commission of Investigation into the alleged smear campaign against Maurice McCabe would spell trouble for the Government and threaten to overshadow Enda Kenny’s second term as Taoiseach.

But what has come to pass has been far worse than anyone could have predicted. The worst fears of backbench TDs some ...