Opposition accuse Varadkar of being 'complicit or a stooge' in documents row

Siobhan Buckley from the Animal rights group PETA dressed as a Giant leek outside Leinster House in Dublin as Tanaiste Leo Varadkar makes a Dail statement about the leaking of a confidential document last year. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The Tánaiste was accused of being "complicit or a stooge" in efforts to damage the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) during a lengthy Dáil questions and answers session.

In a Dáil session focusing on Leo Varadkar's passing of a confidential document to the now-defunct National Association of GPs, Labour's Aodhán Ó Riordáin read a text message he claimed was sent by then NAGP president Maitiu O Tuathail, which allegedly said "I'd love to destroy the IMO".