Last week Tanaiste Leo Varadkar locked horns with Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty in an exchange that had the nation both shocked and entertained. But was this war of words an isolated incident or an indication of a new nasty streak in Irish politics? Host: Kevin Doyle Guests: Hugh O’Connell, political correspondent with the Irish and Sunday Independent and Dr Jennifer Kavanagh Lecturer in Law at the Southeast Technological University.

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