A special meeting of the Fianna Fáil National Executive will take place later, to discuss the findings of the Mahon Tribunal Report.

THE TAOISEACH has suspended Ivor Callely from Fianna Fáil after the embattled senator failed to answer phone calls from a senior party figure looking for an explanation into allegations he forged expense claims.

A Fianna Fáil activist involved in a high-profile row with the Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has published documents, which he says show the Minister failed to investigate complaints of serious planning irregularities when he was at the Department of the Environment.

Serious questions remain to be answered about Fianna Fáil’s Lorcan Allen and the bogus letter affair, county councillors said yesterday.

A FORMER TD and junior minister who forged Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s signature in a bogus letter sent to voters in the run-up to the local elections will likely escape censure from the party, his unsuccessful running mate believes.