No sexism in Varadkar dismissal of ‘cranky’ McDonald

“Our Taoiseach calling a female politician cranky... Not good,” was one message on Twitter on Wednesday evening.

No sexism in Varadkar dismissal of ‘cranky’ McDonald
Sat, 30 Sep, 2017 - 01:00
Daniel McConnell
Daniel McConnell

“Not acceptable, not acceptable at all,” went another.

The fury online was sparked by the third of three fiery exchanges between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald in the Dáil during the week.

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