'Breathtaking arrogance' by Government to appoint ex-FF senator to Sipo

Taoiseach Micheál Martin strongly defended the selection of Geraldine Feeney to the commission.

The Government has been accused of "breathtaking arrogance" in appointing a former Fianna Fáil senator and lobbyist to the Standard in Public Office Commission (Sipo).

The decision to select Geraldine Feeney to the board of Sipo was described in the Dáil as "bizarre, incredible and not on".