Meath Sinn Féin TD on Tabling Motion of No Confidence in Government Over Fuel Protests - 13/04/2026

Sinn Fein is to table a motion of no confidence in the government over its handling of the fuel protests.The party’s TDs and Senators met over the weekend to decide its next action, with party leader Mary Lou McDonald labelling the handling of the protests and wider fuel pressures as “disastrous”.Shortly after Sinn Féin’s statement, other opposition parties Social Democrats and Independent Ireland have said they will also vote no confidence in the Government.McDonald said that Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Independents who support them have “lost the confidence of the public” and needed to be voted out.We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Sinn Fein TD for Meath-East, Darren O’Rourke, who is going to talk to us some more about this. We were also joined by Independent TD in Meath-East Gillian Toole, and by National Chairperson at the IBLA (Irish Beef & Lamb Association), Kieran Delaney, who spoke to us about the calls for Independent TDs to withdraw support so a general election can be called. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.