FF backbenchers bemoan ‘same stale faces’

DESPONDENT Fianna Fáil TDs said Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, has done nothing to rescue the party’s electoral prospects by keeping the same stale faces in Government.

“The only change is there are now six teachers in Cabinet instead of four,” said one of the many backbenchers overlooked for promotion.

The junior coalition partners the Green Party, were granted their demand of two junior minister positions. But just one FF TD, Sean Connick, moved up to the Minister of State ranks.