FG to punish whip over drink driving comments

THE Fine Gael councillor who publicly admitted to drink driving is to be disciplined by the party this weekend.

Michael Fitzgerald, a member and former chairman of South Tipperary County Council, will have the party whip removed when the Fine Gael executive council meet in the next few days.

But he received support from an unlikely ally yesterday in the shape of Fianna Fáil TD Jim McDaid, who himself was convicted of drink driving last year.