People Before Profit TDs explain refusal to applaud President Zelenskyy's Dáil address

PBP TD Richard Boyd Barrett said: "Russia must end this bloody invasion and allow the people of Ukraine to determine their own future".

An address by Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, of TDs and senators in the Dáil Chamber. Photo: Maxwells

People Before Profit TDs have defended their refusal to clap after the Dáil address of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

While the TDs stood up after the address, they did not join in the round of applause for President Zelenskyy by senators and TDs in the chamber.