Ellen Coyne

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622 appearances 9 recordings 5 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 18 Jun

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The Pat Kenny Show · Pat's Sunday Paper Review April 19th · 19 Apr 2026 podcast

And it will be the ordinary people that deal with the fallout, whether it's rising cost of living or whether it's their summer holidays.

Yeah.

And I did see a theory that was reported in the Sunday Times as well that had it not been for the three young Turks who came out with that letter this week, Derek Leary, who maybe has been a little bit overlooked, might have been able to swell enough momentum himself to...

He came out of that really well.

And I mean, it was nearly like when people were talking about Derek Leary's role in that, everyone was prefacing it with how well got he is, how popular he is among the party.

But I think if you're somebody that doesn't want Micheál Martin to be the leader, if the Taoiseach is reading the papers this morning, the only thing that's obvious to him is that no challenger is ready to take him on for the moment.

The Sindo is talking about how...

And his critics are saying, oh, he'll be given until 2027.

So that's loads of time for somebody who's been in the role as long as he has.

And it kind of sounds now like he might be given the grace to jump before he's actually pushed.

So sometimes these heaves can really fortify.

Yes, I mean, I don't know how much the public actually care about the EU presidency, to be honest.

Yeah, and anyone with enough political sense to be a real contender for the leadership wouldn't want to go into the role now when we've already spent three quarters of a billion on a cost of living package.

That war is going to continue and things are more likely to get tougher now.

for the government before they get better.

So it wouldn't be a good time to take over as Taoiseach anyway for a challenger.

I actually did pick up some criticism from the Fine Gael side of the coalition last week, where people, very senior people, were saying they think that Michael Healy-Ray need not have resigned and should not have resigned, that it doesn't make any sense in a coalition dependent on independence to lose two Healy-Rays when you could only lose one.

Now, obviously, in Kerry, it might not be possible to have Danny outside of government criticising it while Michael is in it.

But I think the fact that as John Lee is reporting, apparently this ultimatum came from the Fianna Fáil side of the coalition.

It was an advisor to the Taoiseach reportedly who put that pressure to Michael Healy-Ray.

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