Reynolds dons the mantle of Mr Clean

NO modern political movement should be without a Mr Clean, and the 2005 IFA election has seen the emergence of James Reynolds to claim that title.

As IFA presidential and deputy presidential candidates at meetings across the country went head-to-head in debate, Reynolds or other members of the Family Farm Protection Group (FFPG), popped up at meeting after meeting to put awkward questions to the candidates.

In their declared quest "to restore trust, honour and integrity in the IFA", Reynolds has not been fully satisfied with their answers, and last week wrote to IFA's Chairman of the National Rules Committee and National Returning Officer, Seamus O'Brien, lodging complaints against three senior IFA officers, including two current presidential candidates.