Penalising TD for swing-gate is ‘impossible’

Penalising Maria Bailey over the “swing-gate” scandal will be near impossible, despite widespread calls within Fine Gael for her to be sanctioned.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and party bosses were left “blindsided” by Ms Bailey’s car-crash appearance on Today With Seán O’Rourke on RTÉ Radio 1 yesterday morning, and were fuming at her disastrous performance, it has been confirmed.