Six Fine Gael ministers have said colleague Catherine Byrne should have been sacked over her part in a row with Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy. Ahead of a motion of no confidence in Mr Murphy on Tuesday, Ms Byrne held last-minute talks with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to stop her voting against the Government. She was criticised for not killing off reports that she was on the verge of voting against Mr Murphy, which caused major embarrassment to the Government. “It left a lot of people pissed off.”“She was wrong to do that to Eoghan out at the constituency event,” said another minister. Asked for comment yesterday, Ms Byrne told the Irish Examiner: “Look, listen, I am not having this conversation with you.

Source: Irish Examiner September 29, 2018 03:33 UTC