Dáil suspended after Fianna Fáil TD appears to accuse People Before Profit of being ‘Putin’s puppets’

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THE DÁIL WAS briefly suspended today after Fianna Fáil TD Seán Fleming appeared to accuse People Before Profit TDs of being “puppets” of Russian president Vladimir Putin. The remark by Fleming, a Minister of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs, came during a Private Members’ motion on neutrality and the “Triple Lock”. Last month, Tánaiste Micheál Martin received Government approval to draft legislation to get rid of the triple lock and this morning’s motion, tabled by People Before Profit, called on the Government to withdraw these plans. The Triple Lock is a mechanism that sets out the conditions under...