‘Lazy’ journalists forced resignation, says senator

FIANNA FÁIL senator Ned O’Sullivan has come to the defence of fellow Kerryman John O’Donoghue, claiming he was driven out of office by lazy journalists with nothing better to do.

Mr O’Sullivan said the “mistakes” made by the outgoing Ceann Comhairle “certainly were not made by one individual” and “were not all made by one government, nor were they made by one party”.

As drama unfolded in the Dáil on Tuesday, leading to the eventual statement of resignation from Mr O’Donoghue, Mr O’Sullivan told the Seanad his colleague “has been extremely unfairly treated by the media in recent weeks”.