Origin of Oireachtas envelopes unknown

FIANNA FÁIL’S investigation into the Lorcan Allen affair failed to discover where the councillor got the 2,000 Oireachtas prepaid envelopes he used to send out his bogus letters.

Yesterday the former TD and Junior Minister resigned his position on committees of Wexford County Council, but he remains a fully-fledged public representative.

Last week, Cllr Allen was kicked out of the party for a year and removed from the Fianna Fáil national executive after admitting to distributing a bogus letter, purportedly signed by the Taoiseach, to voters before the local elections.