Taoiseach: Brian Stanley's tweets damaged PAC's credibility 

Taoiseach: Brian Stanley's tweets damaged PAC's credibility 

Sinn Féin TD chairs the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee but has been under scrutiny over two controversial tweets he sent. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

The credibility of the Dáil's most powerful committee is in question over its chair's tweets, the Taoiseach said. 

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley chairs the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee but has been under scrutiny over two tweets he sent, firstly equating the 1920 Kilmichael ambush and the 1979 Warrenpoint ambush, and then one taken as being homophobic towards Tánaiste Leo Varadkar. 

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