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Wed 10 Oct 2008Dáil debate descends into controversy
The Dáil debate on education cuts erupted into controversy last night after Fine Gael claimed that junior minister Conor Lenihan had described its enterprise spokesman Leo Varadkar as a “fascist”.
As the first session of the debate - which is being held over two days - drew to a close, Fine Gael’s communications spokesman, Simon Coveney, demanded that Mr Lenihan withdraw the alleged remark made in the course of testy exchanges between Government and Opposition.
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