Elaine Loughlin: It's time for basic governing from Micheál and his ministers

How this Government copes with the transition from emergency legislators to day-to-day governors will undoubtedly define it

The party leaders: Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Climate Action, Communications Networks and Transport Eamon Ryan will have to get down to the nitty-gritty of basic governing. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Alan Kelly famously stated that power is a drug, but it feels as though some in the current three-stool coalition have become addicted to controversy over the past 15 months.

Once it gets over the drama of today's confidence motion, this Government will have to face the far more complex challenge of actually getting down to the nitty-gritty of basic governing.