Neale Richmond favourite to succeed Damien English as Minister of State

Several TDs who spoke to The Irish Times yesterday said that Mr Richmond could have considered himself unlucky not to win promotion in the Fine Gael reshuffle in December, during which two Ministers of State were replaced.

Jennifer Carroll-McNeill from the Dún Laoghaire constituency, next to Mr Richmond’s base in Dublin Rathdown, was appointed Minister. Because of that, it was never likely that the only other appointment would have favoured a TD based in the capital. In the event, the other position was filled by Limerick TD Kieran O’Donnell.Mr English is a TD for Meath West but several Fine Gael colleagues said yesterday that geography will not be a major factor in this instance.

Indeed, most of the Fine Gael Ministers of State are clustered in counties around Dublin or in the midwest. There are no Ministers of State from south Munster or south Leinster. Since Frank Feighan’s resignation, the northwest has not been represented.Mr Richmond has been a TD since 2020 and has been a frequent contributor to the media, domestically and in the UK, on the European Union, Brexit and the Northern Ireland protocol.

Alan Dillon is a former Mayo senior footballer and was first elected to the Dáil in 2020, taking the seat vacated by former taoiseach Enda Kenny.Another name that has been mentioned is Brendan Griffin, the Kerry TD. However, he categorically ruled himself out of any ministerial role in December citing family reasons. It is unlikely those circumstances have changed since then.

When Fianna Fáil’s Robert Troy resigned last year after admitting he failed to declare all of his party interests, he was succeeded by Dara Calleary who took over his responsibilities of Trade Promotion and Digital Transformation in the Department of Enterprise.

At the end of the day in Irish politics, it's all about getting fixed up. Public service is like watching the Banshees of Iniswhatever.

One rat to a other dog

The man is basically bovine. Being a loud-hailer for the government's anti-national garbage, seems to be his only function.

Honestly, who cares?

lol what for? He doesn't fucking do anything, he just tweets

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