Irish Examiner view: Zappone saga a failure of political leadership

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has lost credibility by amending his response with every new revelation

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney attended a committee meeting over the Katherine Zappone saga. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The ongoing controversy over the appointment of Katherine Zappone as a UN envoy has all the dreary drama of a Netflix series that has dragged on a season too long. 

In July, Irish Examiner Political Editor Daniel McConnell broke the story and it quickly became a political controversy. The reason it is still on the news agenda is because of a failure of political leadership.