Apple tax issue may end the coalition romance

To say Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance have suffered some teething problems in their months-long political romance would be an understatement.

John Halligan

Partially because of the clear differences between some cabinet colleagues whose long-held political positions mean they are destined to agree to disagree, and partially because of certain ministers’ need to keep playing to their support base, the Coalition has stumbled from row to crisis every few weeks.

However, the Apple controversy needs to be taken far more seriously than what has come before.