The Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has defended the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar who was pictured at a music festival in London at the weekend saying he is entitled to "some down time".
Speaking in Cavan, Minister Harris said Minister Varadkar has an extraordinarily busy week in the UK, Paris and Berlin. "He took some down time in the UK before that trip kicked off and I think everyone is entitled to a day off and a bit of down time, even the Tánaiste of our country," he said.
Earlier, singer Mary Coughlan said that Leo Varadkar’s attendance at the music festival was "in very poor taste" when Irish people are "wondering what to do with their Electric Picnic tickets".