Michael Healy-Rae has hit out against his brother Danny for making ‘disappointing’ comments in the lead-up to his resignation as minister of state for forestry at the Department of Agriculture. The Kerry TD believes that his brother’s remarks, which called for Micheál Martin and Simon Harris to be replaced the day before the no-confidence vote in the government, […]
Michael Healy-Rae has blamed comments made by his brother Danny during the fuel protests for the chain of events that led to his resignation as a minister of state and cost Kerry a ministry.
The Healy-Rae brothers responded after Gerry Hutch joked he’d be neck and neck with the Healy-Rae brothers as the richest TD
'Micheal is living in an ivory tower surrounded by his highly paid advisors and civil servant totally detached from reality'
Mr Healy-Rae was one of several independents who supported the formation of a coalition with Fine Gael and Fianna Fail
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The Taoiseach received no prior warning before Michael Healy-Rae announced his resignation in the Dail, a spokesperson for Micheal Martin said. Spokespeople for both Mr Martin and Tanaiste Simon Harris said the development was ‘disappointing’. The Irish Government survived a vote of confidence on Tuesday evening. 92 TDs voted in support of the motion of […]
The biggest shock of the debate was when Michael Healy-Rae said he would be resigning as a minister of state
Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae dramatically tendered his resignation as a Minister of State as the Dail prepared to vote on a motion of no-confidence in Government on Tuesday evening. It is time for Independents to ‘pick a side’, Sinn Fein’s Matt Carthy had said, as he urged them to vote against the Government. Mr Carthy […]
As members vote on their confidence in the Government the Independent TD announced he will be resigning
A property firm owned by Minister for State Michael Healy-Rae has received €1.33million in State payments for accommodating Ukrainians. New figures that were provided by the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration show the minister’s Roughty Properties Ltd – trading as Rosemont House received €113,480 for accommodating Ukrainians in 2025. This followed the firm […]