A local Fianna Fáil senator has launched a scathing attack on a former party colleague.
The clash erupted during a debate on women's rights and political representation.
Longford-based senator Joe Flaherty branded now Independent Sharon Keoghan "an insult to women".
Senator Flaherty claimed Keoghan's views were more closely aligned with Donald Trump than mainstream Irish politics:
He spoke of his delight that Senator Keoghan was no longer part of Fianna Fáil: