Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said that comments made Labour's Pat Rabbitte about the women on his frontbench are offensive and dismissive.

DURING last week’s Dáil budget debate the Irish people got a true sense of Labour’s contribution from Deputy Pat Rabbitte’s bizarre and hypocritical attack on the Green Party.

Pat Rabbitte is on course to top the poll in the Labour Party's leadership election.