'The first thing I will say is I haven’t noticed any elbows out at Cabinet when it comes to the budget negotiations,' says Jim O'Callaghan. Photograph: Collins Courts
Elbows out at Cabinet?
Au contraire.
Reports of Government Ministers at loggerheads with each other as they battle for bigger slices of this year’s budget pie were brushed aside by the Minister for Justice in the Dáil on Wednesday.
Hardly any blood on the carpet, apparently.
Jim O’Callaghan is good at minimising these type of allegations.
“I feel safe walking into the Cabinet room at any hour of the day or night,” said the 6ft 5in former rugby player.
Oh, wait. Didn’t he say that a few weeks ago about worrying incidences of antisocial behaviour in Dublin city centre? It’s easy to get these things mixed up.
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Anyway, following leaks about vicious turf wars between senior Ministers during the budget allocation carve-up, Big Jim moved to d
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