Sinn Féin: Varadkar protecting old boys’ club

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Health Minister Simon Harris are protecting an “old boys’ club” which runs this State despite it costing the lives of women, the Dáil has heard.

The director general of the HSE, Tony O’Brien, was called on to resign amid criticism of his mishandling of the cervical cancer screening scandal.

During leaders’ questions, Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald, referred to a story in yesterday’s Irish Examiner where Stephen Teap, husband of the late Irene who died last year, called on him to resign.