Fianna Fáil vexed, jealous as ‘brilliant candidate’ Lee enters the political fray

THE degree to which Fianna Fáil was both vexed and jealous about the arrival of George Lee into politics was summed up in a couple of scenes from Leinster House this week.

Speaking in a public capacity, Fianna Fáil senator Terry Leyden claimed Lee should have carried “a health warning” while he was economics editor at RTÉ.

“He is a Fine Gael man in a Fine Gael shirt inside his striped shirt,” Mr Leyden told the Seanad. “He has undermined this Government over recent years.”