...emerged yesterday that a delegation of Fine Gael TDs confronted Ms Burton with their opposition to the cuts late on Tuesday night.During an hour-long meeting at 10pm in the office of Government Chief Whip Paul Kehoe, Fine Gael backbenchers Joe McHugh, Michael...

He just lobbied as many people as possible. He was not the only Fine Gael TD who thought the cut was a mistake. A number of backbenchers — Jerry Buttimer, Simon Harris, David Stanton, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Joe McHugh, Damien English and Kieran...