Paul Hosford: Gloves are off as TDs land punches at coalition partners
The coalition collegiality was nowhere in evidence during election week as TDs from the Government parties were happy to take a swipe at each other's policies in a bid to win votes
Fine Gael's Dublin candidate for Europe Regina Doherty accused the Greens of dividing Dublin city 'like East and West Berlin' through a 'spaghetti junction' of cycle lanes.
"There's always going to be a slice taken now and again" in the "rough and tumble" of Irish democracy.
That is the sage assessment of Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys when asked on Wednesday about intra-coalition sniping in the build-up to Friday's elections.
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