LIMERICK EAST TD Kieran O’Donnell has called on Taoiseach Brian Cowen to resign after the Taoiseach declared he would continue on in government.
The Fine Gael deputy said that an election is the only thing that will bring some certainty to the country.
“We have lost our capacity to negotiate credibility on behalf of the Irish people.
“The negotiations with the IMF are the most defining moments since we gained independence.
Commenting on the behaviour of the Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Minister of Finance Brian Lenihan this week, he said:
“I think they did the country a major disservice and weakened our dealing with the IMF.
“The government has run out of road, people don’t trust them, and the bond market doesn’t trust them”.
This morning Green Party leader John Gormley called for an election in January.
This afternoon Independent TDs Michael Lowry and Jackie Healy Rae withdrew their support for the government.
In response to today’s events Limerick West TD Nial Collins said:
“It’s a very fluid political environment, on one hand people want an election and the other hand they want a budget to put through.
“It’s an unprecedented situation”.
