Ahern in war of words with 'nitwit' socialist TD Higgins

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern lost his temper in the Dáil this morning during an exchange with Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins regarding the cost of housing.

Mr Higgins told the Dáil that the cost of buying a house was now beyond most working people and that Fianna Fáil, which receives vast sums of money from developers, was not doing anything to tackle the problem.