Dáil returns: calm gives way to gathering storms
Crafting the budget will be a test of the Government’s political skill
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin with members of his parliamentary party at its autumn think-in in Co Longford this week. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie
The Dáil returns today after a summer of unexpected political calm. When Leo Varadkar succeeded Enda Kenny as Taoiseach in June there was a wide expectation that the confidence and supply arrangement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, which underpins the Government, might come under serious stress.