From peat lands to fuel prices, these four key fault lines are threatening the Coalition’s cohesion
As the three-way administration crosses the three-year mark, some issues are causing increasing rifts in the Government
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Micheál Martin and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan. Photo: Julian Behal/PA
John Downing
First, it was a nasty spat about promising to bribe voters with their own money via tax cuts. Then, as that dispute continued, two more big rows emerged over widely different plans to rewet boglands and introduce facial recognition technology for gardaí.