Ahern’s plea ‘a defence for drug dealers and pimps’

FIANNA FÁIL failed to defend former Taoiseach and party leader Bertie Ahern after a Fine Gael TD compared him to “drug dealers and pimps” in the Dáil.

Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar lashed out at Mr Ahern on Tuesday night, saying his evidence at the Mahon Tribunal was like that of drug dealer John Gilligan, who was implicated in the murder of crime journalist, Veronica Guerin.

During a debate on whether Dáil holidays should be extended, Mr Varadkar said politics in this country was falling apart.