O’Rourke warned after ‘blacks’ comment

FIANNA FÁIL’S Senator Mary O’Rourke was last night warned to watch the language she used after praising her supporters for “working like blacks”.

Ms O’Rourke, the leader of the Seanad, made the comment in an acceptance speech after winning a place on the party ticket for the next general election.

She survived a close scare in last night’s Longford-Westmeath selection convention, defeating Cllr Kevin “Boxer” Moran by just nine votes to join TDs Donie Cassidy and Peter Kelly on the ticket.