Daniel McConnell: The Zappone debacle is another example of FG rewarding political failure

Former minister's record is not as stellar as some say, and her special envoy position deserves a better appointment process

Last June, outgoing children’s minister Katherine Zappone — she had stayed on in office having lost at the general election — celebrated the news that Ireland had secured a seat on the UN Security Council with then taoiseach Leo Varadkar and then tánaiste Simon Coveney. Picture: Julien Behal 

Some nonsense has been spouted this week about Katherine Zappone, the former children’s minister.

She is a very nice person, a warm, engaging character, and someone who bore personal tragedy with dignity while at the Cabinet table.