Taoiseach: TDs belittling Holocaust

The Taoiseach has accused TDs of “belittling the Holocaust” after a controversial Government advertising campaign was compared to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.

Leo Varadkar came under fire in the Dáil and was accused of having a “nasty streak” during a heated debate on advertisements for the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 campaign which have appeared in regional and national newspapers.

There were sharp exchanges and the Dáil was suspended for a time after Fianna Fáil’s Marc McSharry accused the Government of organising a “€45,000 Goebbels-style launch” of Project Ireland 2040 in Sligo last week.