Fitzgerald defiant after resignation as spotlight turns to Varadkar and Flanagan

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan are under considerable pressure over their handling of the Maurice McCabe email scandal which claimed the scalp of Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald who resigned.

Ms Fitzgerald was defiant as she passed through the selection convention in Dublin Mid-West, having earlier in the day resigned from the Cabinet in order to prevent an “unnecessary” general election.

“I have to say, it has been very tough being at the centre of this political storm, not something I’m used to, not something too many people are used to,” she said.