McDaid shuns FF party line

REBEL TD Jim McDaid has strayed even further from Fianna Fáil by backing a road safety group that is lobbying the Government to overhaul drink and drug-testing laws for drivers.

After ignoring party orders this week to back the withdrawal of a planned cancer vaccination programme for schoolgirls, the dissident politician has chosen to further prick the sides of the embattled coalition Government.

Mr McDaid has joined a number of opposition party politicians backing a campaign led by the group PARC to change the laws on the testing of drivers involved in road accidents.