Letters to the Editor: An Taoiseach must effect a Cabinet reshuffle

Acting without fear or favour Micheál Martin must put his “best labourers” on the front bench and demand An Tánaiste and Eamon Ryan follow suit

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin must take a grip and do it now, and take the only action that is open to him: He must effect a root and branch Cabinet reshuffle. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

The result of the last general election left this country in a rare old mess. The Government that ensued was mainly a matter of getting the numbers right. It never looked like a team.

Many came to the table bringing with them few competencies and fewer loyalties. Their inbuilt instincts were to undermine, to snipe, and to leak.