Deasy critical of ‘paranoid’ Kenny

Fine Gael TDs and senators have rowed in behind criticism of Enda Kenny after the outrage over the nomination of John McNulty to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art ahead of his bid for a Seanad seat.

Outspoken Waterford TD John Deasy broke ranks yesterday and referred to “fear” within the party suggesting some ministers had been wrongly appointed.

Others, who asked not to be named, went further and called Mr Kenny “paranoid” in the way he led the party and handled criticism of his position and decisions.