Lenihan withdraws fascist remark

INTEGRATION Minister Conor Lenihan has retracted his claim that a Fine Gael TD was a fascist, but took a swipe at the opposition party for being “precious” on the issue.

There were angry scenes in the Dáil on Wednesday night after Mr Lenihan labelled Fine Gael TD Leo Varadkar a fascist and allegedly made a Nazi salute.

Fine Gael immediately called for Mr Lenihan to withdraw the remarks and apologise for his actions, saying it was inexcusable for the Integration Minister to behave in such a fashion.