Pressure mounts for under fire Callely

ONE of under fire senator Ivor Callely’s former Fianna Fáil parliamentary party colleagues has called for him to be expelled from the party if fresh allegations about his expenses’ claims are validated.

Carlow Kilkenny TD John McGuinness said new details about claims for mobile phone equipment had put Mr Callely’s future in the Seanad and the party in doubt.

Mr McGuinness said the internal Seanad panel would most likely want to inquire again into Mr Callely’s affairs, after it suspended him for two months because he claimed mileage from his holiday home in Cork.