Complaint to force probe against Fahey

AN official complaint over the conduct of junior minister Frank Fahey will be lodged with the Standards in Public Office Commission this week, Green leader Trevor Sargent confirmed last night.

Mr Sargent has used Oireachtas privilege to launch a series of attacks on the Fianna Fáil minister, including branding him a “dodgy builder”.

The ethics body will be obliged to launch an investigation on foot of the complaint, which is thought to be the first such complaint against a serving minister from a TD.