Daniel McConnell: Limerick road dispute tests fragile bonds of coalition

Coalition governments always throw up moments of real tension and disagreement and rarely are they resolved without some lingering resentment or worse some destruction of trust between the parties, writes Daniel McConnell

Willie O’Dea let rip at Eamon Ryan,
saying that with €17m spent on the road project, he was being made to look like a ‘eunuch’ due to Mr Ryan’s actions.

Few matters stir passions in Irish politics more than roads.

In recent decades, from the M3 and Tara, to the widening of the Glen of the Downs in Wicklow, from the M20 to the ongoing Busconnects row in Dublin, we love a good barney over a road.