'Politics is hurling not soccer' - Varadkar insists FG will fight to recover in election

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is insisting that Fine Gael will fight to recover in the election campaign and that a tough poll for his party was taken before Fianna Fáil's “Swiss cheese” manifesto launch.

Speaking in Dun Laoghaire, south Dublin, where he said Fine Gael still hoped to take two of the four seats, Mr Varadkar admitted it was halftime and that his party was losing.