Leo Varadkar under fire for ‘cancel nurses’ Christmas leave’ call

Demands by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for frontline health staff not to take holidays over Christmas have been sharply criticised in the Dáil.

For a second day, the pending winter trolley crisis dominated Leaders’ Questions, with both Sinn Féin and the Labour Party pressing the Government on comments made by Mr Varadkar on Tuesday.