Profile: Dara Calleary finally scores Ministerial role after long campaign

Dara Calleary (right) will succeed his party colleague Barry Cowen (left) as Minister for Agriculture. File Photo: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Dara Calleary has his golden sky.

The Mayo TD freely admitted that he was disappointed and hurt to be overlooked when Taoiseach Micheál Martin initially named his cabinet. The party's deputy leader had travelled a hard road with Fianna Fáil since his election in 2007 and would have considered his ability and work alongside Mr Martin to be sufficient qualification for a full cabinet role.