Howlin: Coveney and Varadkar using FG leadership race to 'drag country further to the right'

Labour leader Brendan Howlin has accused mooted future Fine Gael leaders Simon Coveney and Leo Varadkar of using the race to replace Taoiseach Enda Kenny to "drag the country further to the right", writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, Political Correspondent.

The opposition TD made the comment as he took aim at the "do nothing" Government as a whole, saying the "rag-bag" coalition is failing the public by continuing to insist on its "austerity fetish".