Martin’s Government is a betrayal of his party

MICHEÁL MARTIN has on his first day as Taoiseach incurred the ire of his deputy Dara Calleary and the wrath of the people of the West of Ireland.

Comparisons to Cromwell cannot be good for the leader of the so-called

“Republican Party”. To be fair, you cannot blame them.

The Greens and Fine Gael both have their deputy leaders at Cabinet with full voting rights and full ministries. Calleary has lost out and so has rural Ireland. Given that rural affairs has also been lumped in with the substantial portfolio that is social protection, it looks like rural Ireland is to be forgotten under Micheál Martin’s stewardship.

That is ultimately an acute betrayal of all rural-based Fianna Fáil members and voters.

Killian Brennan

Malahide Road, Dublin 17