Daniel McConnell: Six days into the Fianna Fáil ministerial row and recriminations are still flying

Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach Micheál Martin: controversy over cabinet selections continues. Pic: Dan Linehan.

Day six of the ministerial appointments row and the recriminations are still flying for Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Most Cabinet appointments and reshuffles bring a degree of unhappiness, disappointment, and resentment. But, Mr Martin’s choices to fill his Cabinet and junior ministerial ranks have truly turned into a messy quagmire which has overshadowed his rise to power.