People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny has hit back in a row with the Taoiseach over his response to a parliamentary question on medicinal cannabis this week. Today he claimed Deputy Kenny had only posed the question in order to get a clip he could share on social media, in an interview with RTÉ Radio. But the Dublin Mid-West TD says that was not the case - and the Taoiseach is only making things worse. "I'm sorry if it came across that way," the Taoiseach said when asked if he was rude and dismissive. "What Leo Varadkar said this morning compounds the disrespect he has for this issue, not only for myself but for the families that have been campaigning for medicinal cannabis over the last three years," he added.

Source: Irish Examiner June 15, 2019 16:30 UTC