Fianna Fáil TDs are today denying that there is a split in the party over abortion. However, TD Thomas Byrne has denied that there is any rift in Fianna Fáil. "I don’t sense that there’s any split in the party, other than people having a genuine difference of views on this particular issue," he said. "This is an issue that splits families, it splits neighbours, it splits generations, and causes different views in political parties. "It doesn’t mean that everything else is split, or that there are splits on a range of issues - there are not."

Source: Evening echo January 23, 2018 18:56 UTC