Labour minister blames all errors on Fine Gael

A "blame game" storm has erupted in the Coalition after a Labour minister said Fine Gael was responsible for all the Government’s mistakes of the past year.

Equality Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin insisted Fine Gael had let its side of the Coalition down and helped deepen the Government’s unpopularity.

“People are frustrated with the Government and we have had a very bad year — none of it, I would say, caused by Labour ministers,” he told the Irish Examiner.