Howlin 'scandalised' that Varadkar sent confidential document to union

Brendan Howlin. The Labour TD did not say that he would be calling for Mr Varadkar's resignation but said he 'needed to hear the full story'.
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Former public expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin says that he was "scandalised" that Leo Varadkar sent a confidential document to a union headed by a friend, while Green Party leader Eamon Ryan called the matter "a distraction".

Mr Varadkar will this evening address the Dáil on the matter, which occurred while he was Taoiseach, but the Labour TD said that if similar had happened to him under Enda Kenny, he would have felt "undermined".