CITIZENS FOR KEVIN SHEEHY issued the following announcement on July 15.
It was sad for Inside Politics host Hugh Linehan that his event “New Taoiseach, New Government, New Challenges” – part of the Irish Times Summer Nights Festival – fell on such a slow news day.
And so, with nothing else to talk about, he, Jennifer Bray, Pat Leahy and Harry McGee had to talk about the overnight sacking of Barry Cowen, the record-winningly short-tenured agriculture minister, for a drink driving conviction several years ago.
The festival – supported by Peugeot – is a series of online talks taking place from Monday July 13th to Thursday 16th
“It’s been a placid start for the new government, I don’t think,” said Leahy.
Bray said: “When you have a minister that isn’t willing to explain aspects that are withstanding… it sucks all the air out of the Government… People are looking at Fianna Fáil saying ‘This is Fianna Fáil of the past’.”
Leahy put it in a broader context: “I think what we’ve seen over recent weeks is the effect of being so long in opposition for Fianna Fáil. That ruthless self-discipline… I think at least some of that has left the party, and we now have a situation where Micheál Martin has a number of very significant enemies in the party.”
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