Complex sentence: In July 2011, Flanagan said he had no reason to apologise for an incident in which a Dáil microphone picked up a conversation he had with fellow Independent TDs Shane Ross and Mick Wallace disparaging the appearance of Fine Gael TD Mary Mitchell O'Connor.
Split into simpler sentences: In July 2011, Flanagan was linked to an incident in which a Dáil microphone picked up a conversation he had with fellow independent TDs Shane Ross and Mick Wallace. During the exchange the trio appeared to be disparaging the appearance of Fine Gael TD Mary Mitchell O'Connor.