Plus Sinn Féin's take-no-prisoners approach to opposition

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Pa Daly, the Sinn Fein TD for Kerry, outside the High Court in Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire.
Pa Daly, the Sinn Fein TD for Kerry, outside the High Court in Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire.

Are super-junior ministers allowed under the terms of the constitution?

Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly this week launched a legal challenge against their use, just days after former taoiseach Leo Varadkar wrote a frank newspaper column about the necessity of the appointments.

The panelists also examine Sinn Féin’s recent minor cabinet reshuffle and the party’s strategic shift towards a more aggressive form of opposition.