Callely’s ministerial career will not survive the day

THE ministerial career of embattled Junior Transport Minister Ivor Callely will not survive the day as the Taoiseach prepares to sack him if he does not resign.

Mr Callely has been under intense pressure in recent weeks over the resignations of civil servants from his office and a misguided attempt to stop one of them leave by offering him a car.

Yesterday fresh revelations that John Paul Construction paid for Mr Callely’s Clontarf home to be painted in 1992 have completely put paid to his career.