Taoiseach under fire for Laffoy comments

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s “offhand and casual” comments on the Laffoy affair were condemned last night as being unworthy of the holder of his office.

In his fiercest broadside against the Taoiseach since becoming leader of Fine Gael, Enda Kenny accused Mr Ahern of having casually and speciously “accepted” Judge Laffoy’s criticisms of delay and lack of co-operation on the part of the Government.

The upshot, he claimed, was that the Government now agreed that it had “stymied” and “sabotaged” the commission and had added to the hurt of victims in the process.