Mary Regan

Bertie Hearn associated with the boom, potentially the bust after that.

What would you like to be your greatest association as a policy, as a politician?

And is that reunification question something that you think Fianna Fáil needs to maybe reclaim or take ownership of?

That's something he can relate to you?

Okay, well, thank you very much, Minister, bringing us up to the centenary, 100th year of Fianna Fáil.

Thanks very much for joining us here in the studio.

Hello and welcome to Indo Politics.

I'm Mary Regan.

And what a week it's been from fuel to fury to the fallout.

The government thought they had pulled back from the brink of all-out political chaos when they quelled protesters, cleared O'Connell Street of tractors, opened up the ports and announced half a billion euro off a rescue package for that industry.

But if they thought that was the end of their worries...

The political fallout was just beginning.

To bring us through the week that was, we're joined by Aisling Maloney and great to have you here making your debut on Hindu Politics.

Thank you very much, Mary.

Where are we at now at the end of the week that was?

It's probably too soon to begin picking up the pieces, but can you just give us an overview?

Yes, he went into the Dáil for the confidence motion and he didn't appear to acknowledge...

the sort of hurt that people were feeling.

He focused very much so, and this is the view of Manny Fianna Fáil, on the harder line element of the protests, on those who were kind of questioning the legitimacy of the state and didn't recognise the democracy.

He didn't get the...