Martin and MacSharry row flares up at party meeting

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin reignited his row with backbencher Marc MacSharry in front of the party’s TDs and senators last week.

Martin was said to have been critical of MacSharry proposing a number of parliamentary reforms in the aftermath of his explosive Dáil row with the Healy-Rae brothers just over a fortnight ago.

The exchange at the weekly parliamentary party meeting last Wednesday was described as “sharp” by one onlooker, while another ...