Ming picks row with Mairead in Brussels over beef exports

The controversial politician Luke Ming Flanagan has picked his first row in the European Parliament with fellow Irish MEP Mairead McGuinness.

The two are members of the Agriculture Committee and the former Roscommon TD told visiting Irish journalists that he “would be keeping an eye” on her.

The Fine Gael MEP reacted swiftly with a statement saying she did not need competition from any MEP, Irish or otherwise, to get her to do her job.