Doctors who campaigned against Fine Gael in general election campaigns would be “shooting themselves in the foot”, Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar told GPs representative, Maitiú Ó Tuathail, two years ago. In response, Mr Varadkar texted: “Who will [they] campaign for. The Fine Gael leader and Dr Ó Tuathail are friends, “but not close friends”, Mr Varadkar has said. Dr Ó Tuathail responded by saying: “We are rightly f-cked I know this. Seriously,” wrote Dr Ó Tuathail.

Source: The Irish Times December 05, 2020 00:56 UTC