Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was today urged to listen to his Fianna Fáil backbenchers in the run up to the next General Election after it emerged they were forming a committee designed to have their concerns taken on board.

The is no political will within the Government to tackle alcoholism, a Fianna Fáil backbencher claimed tonight.

A STEERING group should be established to co-ordinate preparations for the 2012 Olympics and prevent the damaging rows between sporting bodies that affected the Irish performances at previous Games, a report will state today.

Frank McBrearty Jnr says two Donegal Ministers and a Fianna Fail TD have indicated they are to contact Minister for Justice Michael McDowell regarding the Morris Tribunal into allegations of Garda misconduct in Donegal.