Murphy censured over Croke Park deal comments

Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy has been hauled in for a reprimand by his party’s chief whip over critical comments about the Croke Park agreement, but he has escaped sanction by the party.

The Dublin South East TD was among eight TDs from the party who recently put their names to a letter in the Irish Examiner challenging the Government’s stance on the agreement with trade unions.

The other seven first-time TDs had talks with party chief whip Paul Kehoe one by one last week after the letter was printed.