Day 21 ‘bombshell’ fuels rumour mill

THE rumour was this: that Fine Gael had a ‘bombshell’ about the Taoiseach’s finances which it planned to launch at Fianna Fáil on Day 21 of the election campaign.

The rumour was given voice by clearly irate PD junior minister Tom Parlon when speaking to RTÉ television on Sunday.

Mr Parlon was speaking just a couple of hours after his party leader, Tánaiste Michael McDowell, had demanded Taoiseach Bertie Ahern make a full public statement explaining his personal finances.