Mary Lou McDonald: Varadkar's far-right comments signal 'desperation'

Sinn Féin president accused Tánaiste of hypocrisy, given he had been 'a colleague' of far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orban in the European Parliament 

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald speaking to the media ahead of the party's think-in in Dublin. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has accused the Tánaiste of "desperate nonsense" over recent comments he made about her party.

Ms McDonald said Leo Varadkar's assertion that a Sinn Féin government would leave Ireland "outside the tent" with far-right Hungarian leader Viktor Orban were hypocritical given Mr Varadkar's Fine Gael had been members of the European Peoples' Party grouping in the European Parliament alongside Mr Orban's Fidesz movement.