Fianna Fail Front Bench Reshuffle

imme

Following the death of Brian Lenihan Micheal Martin will be forced to appoint someone to replace Lenihan in Finance as opposition spokesman.

Should he appoint someone who understands the brief, maybe Calleary, O'Dea.

Or should he appoint someone who would sound in the Dail like they understand the brief, Dooley, McGrath, because they won't be able to effect changes given the govt majority.

Would they win more votes opposing the govt in finance or elsewhere.

Nijmegen

How can Fianna Fail do very much to oppose government finance, the government finance being a four year plan tied to an EU/IMF package brought in by and used as the manifesto for...

They're in a straight jacket until after the budget, when they can begin claiming that the cuts government makes are not the best cuts that they would have made.

Cutting round the edges.

mikemac

Dara Calleary will want finance, very ambitious

I don't think Michael McGrath would be considered, they might think he is inexperienced

O`Cuiv as deputy leader

Rocket_Man

mikemac wrote: »

Dara Calleary will want finance, very ambitious

I don't think Michael McGrath would be considered, they might think he is inexperienced

O`Cuiv as deputy leader

Yeah, this sounds about right to me.

I would say that Calleary is the favourite for the finance post but don't rule out Willie O'Dea, who is still owed by Martin for his backing during the heave against Cowen.

As O'Cuiv came second in the leadership election then he has a very strong case for the deputy position.

blinding

The institutionally corrupt party that is FFraudsters should disband.

ArtSmart

Rocket_Man wrote: »

Yeah, this sounds about right to me.

I would say that Calleary is the favourite for the finance post but don't rule out Willie O'Dea, who is still owed by Martin for his backing during the heave against Cowen.

As O'Cuiv came second in the leadership election then he has a very strong case for the deputy position.

O'Cuiv may be the moral rudder, but he a relic from a different age (yup, his grand daddy's age)

If, and it's a big if, they're to survive in any reasonable form they need huge re-shuffling - the kind only possible with a full Ceili band playing.

raymon

They should reshuffle Martin and o Dea out , apologize to the nation, and disbanded in shame.

CiaranMT

The mere thought of O' Dea or Dooley as Finance Spokesperson in the main opposition party would make me laugh, were it not for the fact that this shows up just how abject politics is in this country.