Paschal Donohoe became a government minister at a time of great national upheaval. Then minister for tourism Paschal Donohoe and former minister of state Michael Ring embrace the red, white and blue of the US on Dame Lane in 2014. It happened, in the way things do around Paschal Donohoe – without any fuss. The Taoiseach informed the House that the President, “acting on my advice”, accepted the resignation of Deputy Paschal Donohoe as a member of the Government. The “tetchy Taoiseach” is now joined “by a rather twitchy Tánaiste and a fleeing finance Minister”.

Source: The Irish Times November 19, 2025 15:46 UTC