Taoiseach Micheal Martin has denied that Sabina Higgins’ letter about the war in Ukraine has caused embarrassment.
Mr Martin also said he has not spoken to President Michael D Higgins about the controversy, but hasn’t held one of his regular meetings with him since the fiasco unfolded.
The President’s wife has faced sharp criticism for a letter she had printed in the Irish Times in which she did not criticise the Russian invasion of Ukraine but called on both sides to negotiate and agree a ceasefire.
