Calls for Taoiseach to intervene in spat between Donnelly and McGuinness

Fianna Fáil Kilkenny TD John McGuinness, who is chair of the Oireachtas Finance Committee, has hit back at criticisms of him by Mr Donnelly, saying “his department is a shambles”

Fianna Fáil Kilkenny TD John McGuinness, who is chair of the Oireachtas Finance Committee, has hit back at criticisms of him by Mr Donnelly on RTÉ radio on Tuesday, saying “his department is a shambles”. Picture: Oireachtas TV/PA Wire

Taoiseach Micheàl Martin has been called on to intervene in the spiralling spat between health minister Stephen Donnelly and TD John McGuinness.

During a tetchy exchange at the weekly Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting, Mr McGuinness presented Mr Donnelly with a baby's soother, in a bid to suggest he was behaving like a child.