Fianna Fáil TD blasts Katherine Zappone controversy as 'Fine Gael omnishambles'

Jim O'Callaghan did not call for Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney to step down but said the process was disrespectful to the Taoiseach, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party

Katherine Zappone should appear before the Oireachtas committee to answer questions on the issue, Jim O'Callaghan said.

A senior Fianna Fáil member has described the Katherine Zappone controversy as a "Fine Gael omnishambles" which amounted to cronyism and "is not a way to run Government".

Jim O'Callaghan has hit out at his Government colleagues claiming the UN special envoy role was simply about "certain Fine Gael Ministers looking after a friend or a former colleague because she wanted to develop a career in the UN".