Varadkar 'stands corrected' on claim Sinn Féin has no Protestant TDs

Clare Sinn Féin TD Violet-Anne Wynne, who is Protestant, said her party had never made an issue of her religion, but the Tánaiste had
Varadkar 'stands corrected' on claim Sinn Féin has no Protestant TDs

The Tánaiste has been asked to retract a statement he made that Sinn Féin is 'sectarian' because it is 'anti-British' and has no Protestant TDs.

The Tánaiste has been asked to retract a statement he made that Sinn Féin is "sectarian" because it is "anti-British" and has no Protestant TDs.

Leo Varadkar said the opposition party were "an obstacle to unity" because of its "openly hostile" relationship with unionism. 

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