Dáil row over ‘offensive’ recital of Lord’s Prayer

A row has erupted between TDs over the recital of a prayer at the start of each Dáil sitting, which Independent TD Clare Daly has described as "offensive".

Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath has taken issue with Ms Daly’s comments, saying that any attempts to remove the Lord’s Prayer from the Dáil’s daily schedule will be “strongly resisted”.

During a Dáil debate on new blasphemy laws, Ms Daly said the Catholic recital each day “does not have a place in modern Ireland” and that legislators should keep Church and State separate.