Labour demands Dempsey resign

THE Labour Party has called for the resignation of the embattled Transport Minister over the communications breakdown that prevented the Government from making an early intervention in the Shannon controversy.

During a specially-arranged debate on Shannon yesterday evening, Fine Gael accused the Government of engaging in a “cover up” over its handling of the issue.

Labour’s transport spokesman Tommy Broughan went further and called for either sitting minister Noel Dempsey or former Transport Minister Martin Cullen to resign.