'It's hysterics': Doherty hits out at Varadkar's comments on Sinn Féin rallies

Sinn Féin's lead negotiator Pearse Doherty has called the Taoiseach "hysterical" for his comments about the party's planned political rallies.

Update 2:37: Sinn Féin has dismissed as “hysterics” the criticisms it has received from the leaders of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael regarding the public rallies it will hold over the course of the week regarding Government formation.

Speaking at Leinster House this afternoon Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin’s lead negotiator, said that suggestions earlier from the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that his party has a “casual relationship” with democracy and is acting like it got the largest vote amount to “pure hysterics”.