'We are not laughing now': FG TDs anxious after 19% poll result

Leo Varadkar's 'Dublin-centric' leadership and attempt to woo 'millenial' voters are among the causes of the party's poor performance, according to worried Fine Gael TDs
'We are not laughing now': FG TDs anxious after 19% poll result

A number of rural Fine Gael TDs hit out at the 'Dublin-centric' tone of Leo Varadkar's leadership. File picture

Fine Gael TDs have expressed their “unease and disquiet” following the party’s support rating of just 19% in a weekend opinion poll.

Several party TDs have accused the party leadership including Leo Varadkar, the Tánaiste, of allowing a disconnect to emerge with backbenchers and the wider public.

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