Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, who was supposed to become Taoiseach, called the scenes in the Dail a “subversion of the Irish constitution”.
The opposition has refused to rule out further rows and objections when the Dáil from 9am on Thursday to nominate a Taoiseach following Wednesday's once in a century "unprecedented" failure to elect a government.
She also objected to Michael Lowry, Barry Heneghan, Gillian Toole and Danny Healy-Rae being given opposition speaking time as she questioned Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy’s objectivity. Labour’s Alan Kelly said the speaking row was a “bloody farce” and the Irish Parliament should “not be made a show of around the world”.
When the Dáil resumed just after 4pm, Chief Whip Hildegarde Naughton said that an agreement had been reached between all groups. The government assumed that the opposition would allow the nomination of Taoiseach and the Dáil Reform Committee would sit on Thursday to examine the speaking row issue. “That opportunity was denied by a premeditated, coordinated and choreographed position by the opposition and particularly by the Sinn Fein party.
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