Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley

Galway’s would-be senior cabinet minister, Hildegarde Naughton, has put on a brave face since she was again overlooked for promotion last week.

The Fine Gael TD said she was honoured to serve at Cabinet as a so-called Super Junior Minister, with responsibility for Disability.

But sure, what else would you expect her to say? Hildegarde was hardly going to criticise the judgement of her party leader, Simon Harris, for not recommending her for a more senior role to Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. No, she did what any astute politician would do in a similar situation – sucked it up.

Privately, though, Hildegarde must be gutted not to have done enough to gain promotion to a full senior ministry.

Disability is a meaty portfolio, in........

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