TDs steer into shame as they flunk driving-test

A GROUP of politicians who think they’re in the driving seat are about to suffer a severe dent in the ego after resitting - and flunking - their driving tests.

Six TDs who hold the transport brief for their parties, including Junior Transport Minister Ivor Callely, accepted a challenge by radio station Newstalk 106 to re-sit the driving tests and will find out this morning that not one of them made the grade.

Among them is the culprit who steered her Dáil colleagues into the embarrassing cul-de-sac, Fine Gael’s transport spokesperson, Olivia Mitchell.