Elaine Loughlin: College fees could be the snag that will unravel an already fractious Coalition 

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael had long been eyeing each other with growing distrust, long before Simon Harris and James Lawless blew up the discord over student fees
Elaine Loughlin: College fees could be the snag that will unravel an already fractious Coalition 

With the two main Government parties parties eyeing each other with increasing distrust, Tánaiste Simon Harris ignited tensions by wading into the student fees issue, compounded by James Lawless taking to the airwaves. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

The student fees budget row may be just the beginning of an unravelling of an ineffective Coalition.

To unravel would suggest that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have been working constructively together up until recent days, when the rift over third-level fees emerged. Not the case.

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