’Tis the season for Dáil insults as Joan Burton and Mary Lou McDonald have Dáil spat

It may be the season of good will… but no one told Tánaiste Joan Burton and Mary Lou McDonald.

The ongoing political spat between the leading ladies of the Dáil continued during the final Leaders’ Questions before Christmas — the only festive feeling coming from Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy’s Christmas-themed socks.

The abuse at times seemed one step away from a stiletto being thrown across the chamber as the insults, personal remarks and “barroom brawler” accusations flew. Ms Burton has never shied away from a Dáil row — especially with such a fellow feisty, up-for-a-fight, political opponent as Ms McDonald — and yesterday was no different.