Family hit out at Ahern over White House invite

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern last night insisted he had no role in inviting the family of murdered Dublin courier Joseph Rafferty to the White House on St Patrick’s Day.

Relatives of the father-of-one, who want to bring their campaign for justice to the attention of US President George W Bush, have accused Mr Ahern of sparing Sinn Féin’s blushes.

Mr Rafferty’s family claim he was shot dead last April by a former member of the IRA and want Sinn Féin to co-operate with the garda investigation.