Gilmore: Shortall not sacrificed for stability

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore stressed the importance of the Government serving out its term to fix the economy as he denied junior health minister Roisín Shortall was sacrificed for the stability of the Coalition.

He made the remarks after a leaked internal party email to Labour members suggested there was another angle to Ms Shortall’s resignation that Mr Gilmore had not made public.

The email was sent by Labour chairman Colm Keaveney this week and said both he and Mr Gilmore had recently discussed challenges facing the party following the resignation.