A senior Democratic Unionist Party member has labelled Taoiseach Leo Varadkar “despicable, low and rotten” , accusing him of using victims of paramilitary violence to scaremonger over Brexit. Mr Wilson said he had taken a “sledgehammer” to years of cross-border political relationship-building. BREXIT: The Facts Read them hereTánaiste Simon Coveney rejected any suggestion Mr Varadkar was “scaremongering”. DUP veteran Mr Wilson expressed concerns that “republican madmen” could be influenced by the Taoiseach “stirring up false fears” over violence. Mr Coveney defended Mr Varadkar, insisting he dealt in facts.

Source: The Irish Times October 19, 2018 11:45 UTC