Opposition brands Tánaiste ‘a disgrace’

TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan was branded “a disgrace” by the opposition who accused her of being “unknowledgeable” and not knowing “very basic information” about the economY.

Labour Party spokesperson on finance Joan Burton told Ms Coughlan in the Dáil that she was an example of “how incompetent the Government is”.

Ms Burton launched her stinging attack during a Dáil debate on cuts of €2 billion in public spending, the majority of which will come from a pension levy on public service workers.