Sparks fly between Leo Varadkar and Mary Lou McDonald

Tensions are rising between the Fine Gael-led Government and Sinn Féin after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Mary Lou McDonald threw personal taunts at each other across the Dáil chamber.

There were extraordinary scenes in the Dáil at one stage as Ms McDonald stopped in front of the Taoiseach on the floor as she was leaving following the bitter exchanges, a move which prompted the Dáil chair to ask her to move along.

Mr Varadkar attacked Sinn Féin for the second day in a row over its politics and for allegedly shouting people down during a discussion on the North.