Daniel McConnell: We are fast approaching this Government’s half-way stage

The Government has held together remarkably well, but as problems in housing and health persist, there is little that Taoiseach Micheál Martin can point to as a legacy

Unfortunately for Taoiseach Micheál Martin, his tenure at the top of our government will certainly not be remembered as one of his great successes. Picture: Fennell Photography

Two years ago this Monday, on that rainy and windy afternoon in Dublin’s Convention Centre, Micheál Martin achieved his dream of becoming Taoiseach, and formed the historic Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil/Green Party coalition.

As the gales whipped up the Dublin docklands, Martin stepped out of the building into his awaiting ministerial car.