Mary Lou McDonald heckled with Hutch comment during Dáil speech

"The touch paper has lit," she said before she was heckled from the Government benches by Fine Gael TD Michael Creed, who shouted "you mean the Hutch paper", a comment subsequently repeated by other TDs

The Sinn Féin leader said the country now needs a general election and not a new Taoiseach to tackle the housing and health crisis.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has been heckled by government TDs as she demanded a general election during a Dáil speech on the nomination for Taoiseach.

Ms McDonald said the country now needs a general election and not a new Taoiseach to tackle the housing and health crisis.