'Deeply disappointed' Fine Gael TD defies party instructions with canvass in Cork and Tipperary

A “deeply disappointed” junior minister Andrew Doyle openly defied his party's instructions not to canvass in Cork and Tipperary amid an escalating feud between Fine Gael's Ireland South candidates.

Mr Doyle and his team have said they have been snubbed by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and party bosses in favour of sitting MEP Deirdre Clune, who is in real danger of losing her seat.