THE Ógra Fianna Fáil branch secretary in Micheál Martin’s own constituency has left the party and joined David Norris’s presidential election bid over the “bigoted” anti-gay opinions of an ex-colleague.

DELEGATES at the Fianna Fáil national youth conference this weekend will discuss the integration of immigrants in Ireland and the resulting “brain drain” in developing countries.

Around 150 members have been recruited into newly formed Ógra Fianna Fáil societies in the North, it emerged today.

THE young people’s wing of Fianna Fáil in Limerick has warned against any government move to raise the legal age for buying drink from 18 to 21.

Ógra Fianna Fáil has called on the Government to introduce a system of automatic voter registration for 18 year olds.