Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been told to stop doing press conferences with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar because the Fine Gael leader is “running rings around him”. During a robust Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting, Mr Martin came under fire for his failure to include his TDs and senators in the Government’s decision making process. Sligo-Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry said the relationship between the Taoiseach and his elected members was one of a “teacher and pupil”. He said it is a “teacher pupil relationship” where the parliamentary party are expected to be “empty vessels eager to learn from the master”. Mr MacSharry was also critical how Fianna Fáil had treated long-serving party staff after Mr Martin was elected as Taoiseach.

Source: Irish Independent September 10, 2020 15:22 UTC