Mary Lou McDonald heckled in Dail over Hutch trial as she opposed Leo Varadkar for Taoiseach
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald was heckled in the Dail chamber over the ongoing Hutch trial as she opposed the nomination of Leo Varakdar for Taoiseach.
Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall was secretly recorded making the claims and criticising Ms McDonald for not attending the funeral of the brother of murder accused Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch. During a special Dail sitting on Saturday to nominate Leo Varaddkar for Taoiseach, Ms McDonald called for a general election.“This is the view held by the man who now returns to the office of An Taoiseach, the man who recently told young people who were forced away from Ireland by his policies that the grass is not always greener in other countries.
“These are their views that emphasise loud and clear that Fine Gael and their friends in Fianna Fáil have been empowered for far too long.“Micheal Martin has resigned as Taoiseach and the Government is dissolved. We should now have a general election because we need a change of Government.”The mention of “touchpaper” led to several heckles from the Government benches of “the Hutch papers”.There were also some shouts from the Fianna Fail benches about Ms McDonald’s house.
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