Kenny ‘used Irish to exclude’

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has come under fire from a Government minister for using Irish to exclude an opposition TD from debate in the Dáil.

Equality Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin criticised the way Mr Kenny refused to respond to Independent TD Mick Wallace in English during Leaders’ Questions.

Mr Kenny insisted that he would only answer in Irish as it was Seachtain na Gaeilge, even though Mr Wallace said he did not understand the language