Flannery pours cold water on Government

Once a key adviser to the Taoiseach and director of the scandal-hit Rehab Group, Frank Flannery speaks out in a wide-ranging interview with Political Reporter Juno McEnroe

As the Government faces dissent from its own TDs and a public backlash over water charges, a former key advisor to Enda Kenny has spoken openly about the Coalition’s woes.

Frank Flannery says the model for Irish Water had radically changed since it was first thought up and that a long-term fixed water rate for homes should have been agreed from the start.