Ministers fail to discover if Ireland supported Saudi Arabia bid to join UN commission on women's rights

Independent ministers have failed in their bid to discover how Ireland voted in a contentious UN vote last month.

Ministers fail to discover if Ireland supported Saudi Arabia bid to join UN commission on women's rights

Independent ministers have failed in their bid to discover how Ireland voted in a contentious UN vote last month.

Three independent members of cabinet were unhappy at the secrecy around whether Ireland supported Saudi Arabia's bid to join a UN commission on women's rights.

The issue was raised during today's cabinet meeting, but Fine Gael is refusing to breach the idea of a secret ballot.

However they have agreed to tell independent ministers in future when 'red flag' issues are being raised at the UN.

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