Jobs for the boys and gals... or maybe not... the whole Ceann Comhairle thing getting messy with the Regional Independents in the mix.
FIANNA FÁIL’S PARLIAMENTARY party has this afternoon agreed to formally support Independent TD Verona Murphy’s candidacy as Ceann Comhairle in tomorrow’s vote...
It is further understood that outgoing Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghail and TD John McGuinness still intend to contest the position. Ó Fearghail was not in attendance at the meeting.
It is understood members of both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael can see the bigger picture that it will bolster their majority if an Independent takes the chair, with it likely to result in an additional junior ministry up for grabs.
It is believed that the Regional Independents might forgo a junior ministry if Verona Murphy is successful in taking the Ceann Comhairle seat.
FIANNA FÁIL’S PARLIAMENTARY party has this afternoon agreed to formally support Independent TD Verona Murphy’s candidacy as Ceann Comhairle in tomorrow’s vote...
It is further understood that outgoing Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghail and TD John McGuinness still intend to contest the position. Ó Fearghail was not in attendance at the meeting.
It is understood members of both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael can see the bigger picture that it will bolster their majority if an Independent takes the chair, with it likely to result in an additional junior ministry up for grabs.
It is believed that the Regional Independents might forgo a junior ministry if Verona Murphy is successful in taking the Ceann Comhairle seat.
Fianna Fáil parliamentary party agrees to back Independent Verona Murphy as Ceann Comhairle
It’s understood Fine Gael members will also likely back Murphy for the position.