Simon Coveney criticises TDs for refusing to clap Zelenskyy’s Dáil speech

Handout photo of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, addressing a Joint Sitting of both Dail and Seanad Eireann (the Houses of the Oireachtas, Irish Parliament) in the Dail Chamber of Leinster House, Dublin (Maxwells/PA)

People Before Profit TDs have been criticised for refusing to clap after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Dáil.

Following Mr Zelenskyy’s speech, those in the Dáil got to their feet and applauded the Ukrainian leader, however four People Before Profit TDs refused to clap.