McDonald lashes out as Dáil fails to elect new Taoiseach

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has accused Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil of being “arrogant, dismissive and self-righteous,” after she failed to secure enough votes to be Taoiseach.

McDonald lashes out as Dáil fails to elect new Taoiseach

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has accused Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil of being “arrogant, dismissive and self-righteous,” after she failed to secure enough votes to be Taoiseach.

Ms McDonald secured the most support this evening in a drawn out series of votes where she, Fine Gael's Leo Varadkar, Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin and the Green Party's Eamon Ryan all put themselves forward for Taoiseach.

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