FF councillor calls on Taoiseach to sack O’Dea

A FIANNA Fáil county councillor yesterday called on Taoiseach Brian Cowen to sack Defence Minister Willie O’Dea for making representations on behalf of prisoners who included a rapist and a man jailed for attempted murder.

Cllr Noreen Ryan, who ran with Mr O’Dea as a candidate in the last general election in Limerick East, said criminals should not be “aided” by any member of the Government, or the Fianna Fáil party.

She said standards had dropped to gain a big vote.