Ahern defends lack of cystic fibrosis centres

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern maintained last night that promised treatment centres for cystic fibrosis sufferers were provided for in the National Development Plan (NDP) despite not being specified.

On the penultimate day of campaigning, Mr Ahern and his rival for Taoiseach Enda Kenny both fulfilled an exhaustive series of canvassing stops and media interviews across the country.

In a testing interview on RTÉ’s Six-One news last night, Mr Ahern was asked about a promise first made 10 years ago to build centres for cystic fibrosis in Cork and Dublin.