Tanaiste Francis Fitzgerald will resign today

The Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald is to announce her resignation this afternoon.

She made her intentions known at this morning’s cabinet meeting.

It’s expected Frances Fitzgerald will announce her resignation this afternoon in the Dáil – staving off a Christmas general election.

It follows her handling of the Garda whistleblower controversy over emails sent to the department of Justice outlining the planned legal strategy against whistleblower Maurice McCabe

Her resignation comes just hours ahead of a planned motion of no confidence in Frances Fitzgerald from Fianna Fáil, a motion that would have toppled the government

Instead it’s expected the Tánaiste will announce her resignation in the Dáil

Speaking on Tipp Today this morning as the news broke, Independant Deputy Mattie McGrath said this will not mark the end of the crisis

Tipperary Labour TD Alan Kelly speaking last night, said that Charlie Flanagan does have legitimate questions to answer

The Government are now saying that they want to move on from the debacle and continue with important business but with the target now firmly on Charlie Flanagan, it would seem that this controversy is far from over