Taoiseach’s Senate appointments under further attack

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s “jobs for the boys” Senate nominations continued to draw fire last night.

The 11 appointments to the upper house in the Taoiseach’s gift have been widely criticised from a variety of quarters.

The elevation of former TD John Ellis to a €70,000-a-year Seanad post has caused anger among farmers owed money by a meat company which was partly owned by him.