It’s been a tough January. Even though Paschal Donohue had switched cabinet positions with Michael McGrath, he managed to hold onto his role as President of the EU’s Euro group. But then he got hit by a haymaker. Nothing to do with the €2.5 billion the government is committing to fork out, renovating up to 100,000 faulty apartments built during the Celtic Tiger years. No, the biggest crisis in the political career of arguably the most assured performer in the current crop of Fine Gael A-listers, is caused by his failure to track and declare the cost of putting up his…

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