In a remarkable day of events which pulled the Irish Government back from the brink of a snap election, here are some of the key reflections by those at the heart of the crisis:
Bowing out,
said:told the Dáil:
Fianna Fail's
referenced reports of last week's scenes in the Dáil bar when party colleagues revelled in Frances Fitzgerald's crisis:Amid speculation that Fine Gael backbenchers were ready to break ranks and hang out Frances Fitzgerald, the Labour Party leader
said:, the Labour TD who began parliamentary questions about the whistleblower affair which ultimately cost Frances Fitzgerald her job, said:
Once news of the resignation broke, Sinn Féin's deputy leader
said:, Independents4Change TD, who was one of three TDs to back whistleblower Maurice McCabe when he first came forward, attacked the culture of politics, saying:
Sinn Féin president
was unmoved by the prospects of the resignation bolstering Ireland's hand in Brexit talks:People Before Profit TD
said:The
whose TDs support the minority Government, said: