politics
Suspension of Green TDs leaves government on shaky ground as handover approaches
Nessa Hourigan and Patrick Costello both broke with the government position by voting for Sinn Féin’s motion on the National Maternity Hospital
Taoiseach Micheál Martin recently promised a group of business people that he would keep trying to deliver stable government in these uncertain times but his coalition government’s once stable majority has now been reduced to just one vote, following the disciplining of two rebel Green Party TDs.
“While we can’t remove uncertainty, in particular from external developments, government will seek to provide as much stability as possible on those issues within our control,” the Taoiseach ...