He who pays the piper has yet to call the tune

Can FF continue to ride out corruption allegations? asks Political Editor Harry McGee

THE list of names you don’t hear being thundered anymore from the platform of the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis is growing. Hard grafters like Charles Haughey, Ray Burke, Liam Lawlor and Denis Foley have already been inducted into the hall of infamy.

And the great FF silence is already beginning to descend over Pádraig Flynn, the self-styled Messiah from Mayo. A decade ago he was at the height of his powers within FF, elevated to the plum role of European Commissioner. Now, he has almost been revised out of its history.