Michael Clifford: How tone-deaf can one government be? 

All that tumbled out during the week would suggest that this government has turned a deaf ear to that which is being carried on the changing political winds, writes Michael Clifford

The outcome is Leo Varadkar's actions ultimately may have a negative impact on his, and by extension, the government’s capacity to govern in the realm of industrial relations. All for the sake of giving a friend a dig out.

Three times during the last week the current administration demonstrated that it is not tuned into changing political winds. 

It’s as if Brexit and Trump and the rise of a malignant strain of populism never happened. It’s as if the general election last February never happened.