Does Fine Gael “get it”? Una Mullally debates TD Neale Richmond

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Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond told an Ireland’s Future event at Westminister that a Border poll could conceivably be held in the next decade. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Fine Gael TD Neale Richmond told an Ireland’s Future event at Westminister that a Border poll could conceivably be held in the next decade. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Fine Gael under leader Leo Varadkar is hopelessly out of touch with younger voters, says Irish Times columnist Una Mullally.

Her criticisms are partially unfounded, but also unnecessarily personal, says Fine Gael TD for Dublin-Rathdown Neale Richmond.

With host Pat Leahy, they debate whether Fine Gael gets it, and what “it” is.