Interim senators not yet named

BERTIE AHERN has not yet named the ‘temporary’ senators who will replace the four Taoiseach’s nominees in the outgoing Seanad who have been elected to the Dáil.

The Taoiseach’s spokesman said yesterday that the four vacant positions have not yet been filled.

The four Senators nominated by the Taoiseach to the Upper House in 2002 and who have been elected to the Dáil are: Mary O’Rourke, Cyprian Brady, Micheál Kitt and Brendan Kenneally.