O’Dea admits Greens forced his resignation

WILLIE O’Dea has admitted that the Green Party forced his departure as Defence Minister and said he would take the events of this week “to my grave”.

It came as Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said the force would consider in the next few days whether an investigation was merited into the controversy embroiling Mr O’Dea.

But the Limerick TD insisted he had made “only a small mistake”.