Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay, but, given the seriousness of that situation, the Minister could have backed out of "Prime Time". This is politics. Given that the Minister had sought a meeting with the chair on Friday morning, at which she knew she could have cleared the air - the meeting she said in her statement she wishes she had - and given that her statement tonight shows that she felt the relationship had completely broken down, did she plan to seek Ms Ní Raghallaigh's resignation in her office on Friday morning?