Concern that Eamon Ryan does not want to 'rock the boat'

Exiting the lockdown in the summer, Minister Eamon Ryan was seen as a more conservative voice at Cabinet level, preferring to take a slower approach to reopening society and the economy. File picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

The Green Party's leader had his own change of heart on the public health advice, but sources say it was less dramatic than Tánaiste Leo Varadkar's.

Eamon Ryan's thinking on lockdown has "evolved" since March, party sources said, but others worry that the transport minister is "afraid to rock the boat" with his coalition partners about the handling of the crisis.