FG’s Flanagan ‘regrets’ Burton speech plagiarism

A FINE Gael TD says he “regrets” plagiarising sections of another politician’s speech.

When first contacted about the issue on Tuesday, Terence Flanagan initially denied copying sections of Labour deputy leader Joan Burton’s speech.

But Mr Flanagan, one of the newly elected TDs at the last general election, had a change of heart yesterday after a newspaper published details of the plagiarism.