FF backbencher brands Taoiseach's defence of Varadkar 'a disgrace'

Fianna Fáil backbencher Marc MacSharry: "For us to come out in the defense that we mounted with follow-through leaders questions yesterday, based on the fairy tale backstory that Leo Varadkar put forward is simply not credible." Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Fianna Fáil backbencher Marc MacSharry says that the controversy around Leo Varadkar's passing of a confidential document is "a distraction" and said that Taoiseach Micheál Martin should "reflect on his own performance".

Mr MacSharry blasted his party's handling of the affair, calling the Taoiseach "a disgrace" for his defence of Mr Varakdar.