Ahern apology demanded by councillors in housing row

BERTIE AHERN’S brother is be told by council officials that his Seanad claim that Fine Gael councillors were holding up a massive 100-house scheme in West Cork is inaccurate.

Pre-general election sparks flew when the chairman of the Western Division of Cork County Council, Cllr Jim Daly, brandished a report on a meeting in the Seanad where Noel Ahern, the junior minister for housing, claimed that Fine Gael wanted to ‘do shag all’ to move forward the plan for a new village in Darrara, Clonakilty — which will be mix of affordable and social housing.

Quoting what he said was “unparliamentary language”, Mr Daly maintained any hold-ups in the scheme weren’t his party’s fault. And he demanded that council management write to Mr Ahern.