Pressure grows on Callely as senator resigns party whip

THE travel expenses controversy bit deeper in to Fianna Fáil last night as a second senator confirmed he would be subject to an official investigation.

Larry Butler dramatically announced he was resigning the party whip and subjecting himself to a probe by the Seanad’s watchdog committee.

His action isolated his Seanad colleague Ivor Callely, who has refused to bow to Fianna Fail demands that he, too, resign the party whip.