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Paul Hosford: Government fights back with €505m spend after social media posts fuel national crisis

Government unleashes €505m of public funds to quell protests and ward off Sinn Féin no-confidence motion

Paul Hosford: Government fights back with €505m spend after social media posts fuel national crisis — In a scene redolent of the worst days of the covid pandemic, Tánaiste Simon Harris, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, and junior minister Seán Canney outlined a package that they hope will quell the fuel price protests. Picture: Cillian Sherlock/PA

Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 - 20:06

Paul Hosford

What started as a few vague posts on social media has, a week later, become a political fallout which leaves the Government facing a no-confidence motion.

How it ended up this way will be picked apart in the coming days, but for now the Government has unleashed €505m of public funds in a bid to ward off Sinn Féin’s motion aiming to topple it.

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