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Fianna Fáil’s Barry Cowen says Martin should step down as party leader.
Dara Calleary resigned last month amid the Golfgate controversy.
Barry Cowen was sacked from his role as Minister for Agriculture by Martin last week.
The Offaly-based TD was removed from office by the Taoiseach earlier this week.
Yesterday the Taoiseach announced that Calleary would take over from Barry Cowen as agriculture minister.
Cowen was sacked from the role last night amid a drink-driving controversy.
Questions of how Barry Cowen’s personal information was shared are likely to rumble on.
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Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath said that “it was not politically sustainable for Barry not to deal with this head on”.
The Taoiseach announced this evening that he had sacked Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin made the announcement in the Dáil chamber this evening.
Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan have also said that further questions need to be answered.
Thomas Byrne, a Fianna Fáil TD from Meath East, addressed allegations made about him online that he gave the story to the media,
“I did not evade, or attempt to evade, a Garda,” a statement from Cowen said.
Liz O’Donnell said recent events have demonstrated the ‘huge change in public non-acceptance of drink driving’.
It emerged in recent days that Minister Barry Cowen drove on a learner’s permit when he was caught drink driving in 2016.
The Agriculture Minister served a three-month driving ban in 2016 after being caught drink-driving.
The Agriculture Minister served a three-month driving ban in 2016 after being caught drink-driving.
Cowen has apologised for his actions and said he regrets what happened.
Barry Cowen was appearing on RTÉ One’s The Week in Politics programme.
The taoiseach said that he was first made aware of the incident on Friday.
Barry Cowen was speaking this morning after being appointed Minister for Agriculture over the weekend.
Fianna Fáil want Sipo to carry out an investigation.
Cowen was admitted to hospital after falling ill earlier this month.
McGuinness claims Cowen called him and others out for speaking in a personal capacity during interviews.
A restructuring of the company to decarbonise its business over ten years is expected to be announced tomorrow.
Not everyone was happy with the budget.
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has said he favours a new calculation of the tax.
Varadkar said young people who are renting or living with their parents can’t get on the property ladder.
Barry Cowen TD thinks the proposal will stimulate construction.
An issue had arisen whereby planning permission granted for large-scale housing developments during the recession could run out, forcing workers to down tools.
Fianna Fail thinks they should.
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The impasse between the country’s two biggest parties shows no signs of abating.
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Talks broke up without agreement late last night.
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