Ahern ‘would be spooked by SF coalition’

FIANNA FÁIL yesterday came up with a brand new reason yesterday why it will never go into coalition with Sinn Féin - because the party would be nervous that its new cabinet colleagues were British spooks.

The latest objection by Fianna Fail to any possible alliance with SF were voiced by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern during a round-table discussion on the local LMFM radio station in Co Louth.

Mr Ahern was a guest on a programme reviewing the political year, along with a number of other local politicians, including Sinn Féin TD Arthur Morgan.