Daniel McConnell: Coalition facing death by a thousand cuts

Many of the government's early woes were self-inflicted and preventable, writes Political Editor, Daniel McConnell

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar and Minister for Climate Action Communications Networks and Transport Eamon Ryan at Dublin Castle. Picture: Stephen Collins

It was a shambolic end to a shambolic term, which has left the body politic shaken and stirred, to say the least.

Anyone who watched the farce in the Dáil chamber on Thursday night would have been confronted with a disgraceful and unedifying performance by our elected politicians.