Labour slams Ahern over tragedy

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern must take personal responsibility for the tragic death of a taxi driver at the hands of so-called joyriders, the Labour Party insisted last night.

Taxi driver Robert McGowan, 30, died following a collision with a stolen car in Summerhill the heartland of Mr Ahern's inner city constituency.

Labour social and community affairs spokesman Tommy Broughan said it was an appalling indictment of the Taoiseach that Mr McGowan died as Mr Ahern's Government had twice voted down a Labour bill to combat joyriding.