Harney in scathing attack on SF

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney yesterday accused Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris of being a member of the IRA Army Council.

In an unprecedented public denunciation of a fellow member of the Oireachtas, Ms Harney also suggested although without naming any individual that more than one of Sinn Féin's five Dáil deputies may sit on the council.

Speaking on RTÉ radio's 'This Week' programme, Ms Harney said: "Some of the Oireachtas members, I understand, sit on the army council."