Éamon Ó Cuív proposal to call Fine Gael’s bluff

Fianna Fáil should consider supporting Fine Gael’s bid to re-elect Enda Kenny as Taoiseach when the Dáil resumes, because the move would create a lame duck leader.

Leading party TD Éamon Ó Cuiv told the Irish Examiner last night that he wants the option to be taken, insisting that despite fears it could trigger a second election, it may force genuine reforms in how the Dáil is run.

Speaking as Fianna Fáil saw its pre-election TD numbers more than double, the Galway West representative echoed a widely-held party view that it must not go into government with Fine Gael.