Jack Chambers becomes youngest Minister for Finance since Michael Collins in 1919

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Tánaiste Micheál Martin with new Minister for Finance Jack Chambers. On Wednesday, the Dáil voted by 86 to 70 to accept his nomination. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill, at 33, becomes the youngest Minister for Finance in more than a century, following his nomination to the role in the Dáil, asIn a roll call on Wednesday afternoon, the Dáil voted by 86 to 70 to accept his nomination, with applause and handshakes afterwards.

“But anyone who mistook your politeness for lack of steeliness certainly found out quickly how wrong they were.” “He is by nature not someone who looks for problems to exploit or to find opportunities to shout and denounce others.” Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said Mr McGrath brought a “calm authority” during the financial crisis and that “history will be kind”.

 

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