Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell said the committee is not taken seriously, and the incident has caused national embarrassment.

Conway was arrested by gardaí on O'Connell Street, Co Dublin.

From the Michael McMonagle controversy to Brian Stanley's resignation, the average person may well wonder when it all started to go wrong.

Farmer Breen White sued Mr McGahon for assault and battery outside the Rum House pub in Dundalk, Co Louth

Breen White is suing Senator McGahon over the incident outside the Rum House pub in Dundalk, Co Louth

Constituents have labelled proposed hate speech legislation "authoritarian" and complained to TDs that it will make Ireland a "police state"

John Connor died in a collision in Co Roscommon