Burton under fire after performance on Browne show

LABOUR finance spokesperson Joan Burton’s Monday night performance on TV3 has become one of Twitter’s highest trending topics.

During an appearance on Tonight With Vincent Browne which has been widely described as a “meltdown” and led to a private discussion with Labour leader Eamon Gilmore, the potential future finance minister repeatedly interrupted fellow guest, Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins.

Throughout the show — available at www.tv3.ie — Twitter users sent messages criticising her display.