Haughey quit threat fuels FF in-fighting

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s “botched” handling of his mini-reshuffle was last night portrayed by many Fianna Fáil TDs as having done “desperate damage” to his credibility within the party.

The disillusion within Fianna Fáil over the “astonishing” promotion of Mary Wallace was compounded yesterday when Sean Haughey went public for the first time to express his dismay at being passed over.

In a dignified but cutting interview with RTÉ, Mr Haughey revealed he had been led to believe for many weeks by people “close to the Taoiseach” that he would be chosen as Ivor Callely’s replacement.