{"id":399891,"date":"2026-04-15T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/399891\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:58:07","slug":"taoiseach-says-mcdonald-and-cairns-lack-courage-and-bacik-was-afraid-to-go-into-government-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/399891\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach says McDonald and Cairns lack &#039;courage&#039; and Bacik was &#039;afraid&#039; to go into Government &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTFBVcHhScVJtaFJFdXNLZ2RZdjVwVFZ6dnpYZG5QcFJ1MHByZGdIOFhNdmhzRWhIUzZPbUtleHRYcE9LZ21tN211OU8xQUluTU9mV2xXODdWQ2JOMzQ4Rm4talVMNWpYQVYzNzlJcnNpcHNMTGxKMHFmNFJCcFRSQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taoiseach says McDonald and Cairns lack &#8216;courage&#8217; and Bacik was &#8216;afraid&#8217; to go into Government<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxPcllfZzhkemtGZldSN0kzTVBLM2lqZjNRa1UtRHBfTW1sbVVBWU1WcHpDSEZFTk5zZzQ3dm81OTZvTFJOcUFlTmQ5b1ZJZXB1eGp0Ulg3Rzl0RUtVT3dhU1dTSGdwNVhfd203dHVraXhYWDNoMGZ2QTdvNW1sSm82TXZfNTRNeUVTVnlVZ1dldVgxb3gyb0lnZnZKOHlrYXJWamZ3RmdVVlh2cWJvWmNEOFZOMk8waGRtQ25KS1hGSVE4UWJoOXhtUHl3UkphaGh4TTNLbVUwZEFfU2FaaHFCeUdDRUYtenFSWXNuMVZFaHp4LUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taoiseach accuses Sinn F\u00e9in leader of \u2018lacking courage\u2019 to call out blockades, intimidation by protesters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE1OYXBSWWtnSjJpNEJEeEpKcDc2X05aTlV2eEhZOUJUX0tvM1kwaEdQcDktOUFxaGdvUndSUWNzc3dTWnk5UUlfWkdJZ0t1YXgzN1lQckxnMU5kSEJVb2hhZkl4MExDd0Y0UDRjNlBuMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taoiseach: Opposition leaders &#8216;lacked courage&#8217; during fuel protests<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxOalJDQXNPSERBeXhDOW9XNjR1cGgtR2Q5TVFpUU1JWVRfZk42STcwa1lvY2pVYXFEQmJnUmt1UGhkbWhhME12MW5SR2RGd0FJbGpvQU0zdVFKSDB5eEh6X0VkSl9OMFZobHhYbXdtZi0xREJtblBBVkR2aU5qeEticWx0VEhqVE83aUV1VUoydVRpTjcxVFJsem9n0gGfAUFVX3lxTE5zR212WlBZY3YtbmxiZDVPbjJKVnRfVm9pSXVHVGNvUVRvRVBXZWlSRjBNUnlKeFB1R1p4ZTZMbmY1OVhramFGSzZ6R2ZDRzMzV0VKRjFZTXM4Z2pYMk11akhoRHh3MDVSRHloMFJiM1pQekFKNzM2TW1DZ2lNeTc3ckFxLThTQlVienNqVW5zc0tLTzVQb3ZJUEpqVkpzcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taoiseach says it&#8217;s &#8216;disturbing&#8217; TDs are failing to call blockades wrong<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxNdW53WlZDVDVoS3ZsU0k0bzF0SlpaQzR5bWthb1N3M3FRYjlBTm9UcFIzaGdTc2E5c1RoSW0tOE9TM20xN0Exa3c4cWJueklUZ01IbnRRbUhIUEtDWW1RTmcyeDduMWtrODFYa2ZDWnh5VHljTm00Zm5veXJjOXdyeEstTXZpQmxtNnY5dFhVTW4tZEk0N0dGdEFBMlpMRFlKM3FEdkxObDZ2M1duY2pNX2E1Q1Nuc19vOEt2eFg4Tk1pZmpqV2xPblJKV1M1czQ0ekowaHViMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mary Lou McDonald urges Government to \u2018pick up the phone\u2019 and talk to protesters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Limerick Leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taoiseach says McDonald and Cairns lack &#8216;courage&#8217; and Bacik was &#8216;afraid&#8217; to go into Government&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalTaoiseach accuses Sinn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43865,61,60,38051,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-399891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-fallout","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-leaders","12":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}