Drugs minister tells FF councillor to resign over cocaine claims

THE Fianna Fáil high-flyer at the centre of cocaine and blackmail allegations was told to quit the party by the Minister of State for drugs strategy yesterday.

In another clear signal Fianna Fáil high command has lost patience with Dublin councillor Liam Kelly, Noel Ahern said the bizarre affair had embarrassed the party.

Mr Kelly has refused to resign the FF whip and insists pictures of him apparently snorting a white powder at a house party are part of an extortion plot.