Seanad officials to fast-track Callely probe

SEANAD watchdogs are to fast-track their probe into the forgery allegations engulfing Ivor Callely.

The members’ interests committee of the upper house decided to bring its inquiry forward by three weeks to next Monday as Seanad officials considered their response to requests from Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy for information regarding the Callely affair.

The move came as Seanad colleagues demanded a new impeachment system so that any senator found to be unsuitable to sit in the upper house could be removed quickly.