The Government is under pressure after two members of the coalition left over fuel protests.
The Healy Rae brothers dramatically pulled their support for the coalition yesterday.
Well the Government has been left to pick up the pieces after Michael Healy Rae dropped a bombshell in the Dáil chamber, saying he has serious reservations about Micheál Martin’s leadership.
He denied being bounced into the decision to resign by his brother – after Danny Healy Rae signalled he wouldn’t be voting confidence in the Government.
That said Michael Healy Rae was visibly emotional after leaving the Taoiseach’s office – when he went to hand in his resignation Micheál Martin was on a call to the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
It’s a bad look for Micheál Martin’s Government but a number of Fianna Fáil Ministers said the Taoiseach isn’t fatally wounded by the defection, saying they always felt the Healy Raes were flaky.
Micheál Martin now has a vacancy to fill as Junior Minister for Forestry – a portfolio suited to quite a limited number of TDs.
The opposition might not have succeeded in voting the Government out of office yesterday, but it chipped away at its majority which now stands at just five votes.
