HEATHER IN THE FRAME FOR TÁNAISTE ROLE
Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD Heather Humphreys is being mentioned as a possible replacement for the ill-fated Frances Fitzgerald in the key Government role of Tánaiste following a turbulent Irish political week which brought the country to the brink of an unwanted pre-Christmas General Election.
Deputy Fitzgerald tendered her resignation as Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation on Tuesday, hours before a Fianna Fáil no confidence motion in her which, if passed, would have led to the…