Cabinet acrimony over Stardust, mortgages, and carers

Tensions in Government are boiling over as ministers failed to reach agreement on three significant issues due before the Dáil this week.

Almost half of the Cabinet meeting was consumed by arguments over the three opposition motions — relating to tracker mortgages, home care packages, and the Stardust tragedy — due to be discussed and voted on in the Dáil.

Despite the lengthy discussion —which at times became heated as members of the Independent Alliance and Fine Gael clashed — ministers left the meeting without clarity.