MEPs’ ‘green jersey’ fury

Independent and Sinn Féin members of the European Parliament defended themselves against accusations of not “putting on the green jersey” in Europe.

Former junior finance minister, Brian Hayes, in an interview with the Irish Examiner in Monday’s newspaper, accused some of his fellow MEPs of playing party politics in the European Parliament.

Elected for Fine Gael in Dublin last May, Mr Hayes said he was frustrated by what he described as “the appalling kind of party politics games that the Irish MEPs play”.