Dáil Suspended as Tánaiste Clashes with Sinn Féin Again

The Dail has been suspended again following another dispute between Sinn Fein and the Ceann Comhairle, Sean Barrett.

The dispute came after Joan Burton made comments about a known sex abuser and his links to the Republican movement.

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Mary Lou McDonald had asked the Tánaiste to publish an internal Garda review of its handling of abuse by former Gaeltacht teacher Domhnall O Lubhlaí.

But Sinn Fein deputies were furious when the Tánaiste said there was a history of paedophilia within the Republican movement.