Robert Troy's demise began at a snail’s pace and finished like a tornado

You can’t have a housing crisis like this one and a landlord minister acting in any sort of non-transparent way in terms of their property dealings – there's only one way for it to end

Robert Troy. File Picture: Julien Behal

The 10-day journey of Robert Troy’s ministerial demise began at a snail’s pace and finished like a tornado.

However, despite the repeated backing the beleaguered Westmeath TD got from his party leader and Taoiseach Micheál Martin, his resignation became an inevitability the moment Eamon Ryan went on national radio to demand not one but two investigations into Mr Troy’s property dealings.