{"id":402980,"date":"2026-04-17T06:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/402980\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:44:08","slug":"two-cabinet-ministers-pledge-support-for-taoiseach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/402980\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Cabinet ministers pledge support for Taoiseach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Taoiseach has secured the backing of two Cabinet ministers, who had been mentioned as potential successors to him as Fianna F\u00e1il leader.<\/p>\n

Dara Calleary and Jim O’Callaghan have pledged their support for Miche\u00e1l Martin, who had been facing pressure from within his own party after the Government’s handling of the response to the fuel protests.<\/p>\n

There were suggestions of unrest after a statement on Wednesday from the party’s three youngest TDs, in which they said senior colleagues expect them to just explain the Government’s difficulties amid their concern at the events of recent weeks.<\/p>\n

James O’Connor, Ryan O’Meara and Albert Dolan said it is not the role they want and would not accept it any longer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead, they urged party colleagues to listen more closely, speak more honestly and to act more decisively.<\/p>\n

The statement was backed by senior TDs such as Willie O’Dea and former ceann comhairle Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Feargha\u00edl.<\/p>\n

\"Taoiseach
\nMiche\u00e1l Martin has been under pressure over the handling of the fuel crisis<\/p>\n

However, the Minister for Social Protection has now thrown his support behind the Fianna F\u00e1il leader.<\/p>\n

“I have confidence in the Taoiseach, I have confidence in the Government and I have confidence in the Irish people,” Dara Calleary said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“What we need now, in the face of extraordinary global uncertainty, is stability and a continued focus on the challenges facing people across the country,” he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O’Callaghan said he “backs the Taoiseach and would not support a motion of no confidence in him”.<\/p>\n

It comes after the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment pledged his support for Mr Martin last night.<\/p>\n

“He’s the most popular leader in the country and has displayed incredible leadership qualities,” Darragh O’Brien told Prime Time.<\/p>\n

“It’s a difficult time in Ireland and across the world, and that’s when strong leadership is needed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Taoiseach has secured the backing of two Cabinet ministers, who had been mentioned as potential successors to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-402980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402980","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=402980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}