Sinn Féin: 'No confidence' in Ceann Comhairle

Sinn Féin has accused Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett of acting as a “shield” to government scrutiny after staging a sit-in that shut the Dáil down earlier today.

The party’s deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald sparked the four-hour demonstration after refusing to leave the chamber over a row about questions routinely not being answered.