Give it up Eamon, it’s not about the money

VACILLATION and the Vatican make for uncomfortable bed fellows.

Which is why Eamon Gilmore’s latest move in the unholy row over Ireland’s representation at the Holy See will cut little ice in the now frozen relationship between Dublin and the papacy.

In an attempt to try and appease the angry Fine Gael lobby against the decision to shut down the Vatican embassy, Gilmore insists it is up to the Holy See to allow Irish diplomats to operate from the Ireland Embassy for Italy, in Rome, instead.