Backbenchers demand Ahern intervention

THE Taoiseach should urgently recall his cabinet and reconvene the Dáil in order to deal with the mounting industrial crisis in Shannon, Fianna Fáil backbenchers insisted last night.

Leading the charge, Limerick West TD John Cregan said the matter was now a serious matter for the Taoiseach and called for immediate Government intervention.

“The State cannot stand idly by while holding a strategic share in the company which in my opinion was held initially for the very purpose of ensuring that Aer Lingus could be prevented from taking such decision,” he said.