Calls for Fianna Fail senator to resign Seanad seat
A Donegal Councillor is calling for Fianna Fail Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill to resign completely. The Donegal Senator resigned the Fianna Fail party whip after he was found by the Standards in Public Office Commission to be in breach of ethics laws. The findings published last week found that he…
Donegal senator resigns FF whip following SIPO ruling
A spokesman for Fianna Fail says Donegal Senator Brian O’Domhnaill has resigned his party’s whip in a row over expenses claims. O Domhnaill is now no longer a member of the Fianna Fail Seanad group or the Fianna Fail parliamentary party. It, in effect, means, he will continue as an…
Newly appointed Senator says he has worked hard to earn the role
Newly appointed Fine Gael Senator Frank Feighan has defended claims over the weekend that he is one of the Taoiseach’s ‘favorites’ stating he has worked hard to earn such a role. Enda Kenny’s 11 appointments to the Upper House have been criticised in recent days. Three of the appointments came…