Sarah McInerney

@sarahmcinerney.bsky.social

Journalist, broadcaster with Ireland's national broadcaster RTE, politics junkie.

Ireland’s governing coalition got off to a rattled start today as its new member, a loose-cannon group of rural independents, insisted on holding positions in both the government and the opposition.

Ireland’s government face-plants on first day as partners trigger bedlam

Independents who back Taoiseach-nominee Micheál Martin’s new coalition provoke parliamentary gridlock over their strange demand to hold both government posts and opposition seats.

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Independent Ireland TD Michael Fitzmaurice says his technical group would welcome Carol Nolan and Mattie McGrath should they decide to follow Aontú out of the Regional Technical Group. If they leave Michael Lowry's Regional Technical Group would be down to four, and lose speaking rights in the Dail

On today's show: @SarahAMcInerney 🥶Temperatures to plummet further 🏠Avg cost of 2nd-hand homes in Dublin to reach €630k this year 🔥LA wildfires wreak havoc 📰RIP.ie competitor websites begin to emerge ☕️And coffee's good for you, but only in the morning

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Breaking, but expected: The Labour party formally pulls out of govt formation talks. Leader Ivana Bacik said: "the policy gap...is such that it would not be possible to implement the policy priorities in our ambitious and radical state-led manifesto for change."