Mary Lou McDonald told Ryan Tubridy on tonight's Late Late Show that she felt "furious" and "hurt" by a recent book written about her by former Minister Shane Ross.
The Sinn Fein leader described the book as "despicable" and explained that while she accepts she is a public figure, her family should not be "up for grabs".
She said: "I'm a public figure and that goes with the territory. But my family aren't and my family aren't up for grabs. And in the book, there is things written about my childhood, written about a time in our lives that was hugely traumatic for my family.
