Chaotic scenes in the chamber unfold around coalition of Tweedledum, Tweedledee and Tweedledeal
Storm Éowyn: Nationwide red wind warning as schools to close for one of the most severe storms Ireland has ever seen‘My sister’s boyfriend never left us alone at Christmas. Should I confront her?’It was a miracle the roof stayed on with all the roaring. There were rolling ructions all day in the chamber. Breakaway groups of Opposition TDs formed angry huddles on the chamber floor..
Amid astonishing scenes in the chamber, they revolted against a cynical move by opportunistic Independents to muscle in on their speaking time and resources while simultaneously enjoying government preferment with ministerial positions and promises of largesse underpinning their loyalty., of Moriarty Tribunal infamy, negotiated this deal.
Micheal Lowry, the man who negotiated the incendiary deal with a government which didn’t foresee any problems, an hour earlier, was able to stroll outside and hold forth on how his Regional Independents are really the victim in this appalling opposition enterprise. Six hours later, after the debacle finally lurched to inconclusive fiasco, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste blamed Sinn Féin for stirring it all up. But the anger came from all sides of the Opposition.
The non-commissioned officers of the Regional Independents – Lowry, Barry Heneghan, Gillian Toole and Danny Healy-Rae – were not smirking now. Nor was Lowry waving dismissively at speakers the way he did when they first started tearing into their tawdry arrangement. The Ceann Comhairle didn’t reappear when she was supposed to, having arrived late at the start of the session too. The packed chamber was left waiting. And waiting.At one point, nine TDs were on their hind legs and howling. Verona removed her glasses with a trembling hand and gave her bell a timid tinkle.Hands in pockets, Michael Lowry ambled down to the chamber floor and gravitated towards the government benches, shooting the breeze with Paschal Donohoe and sundry ministerial hopefuls.
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