Sheehan debacle ‘embarrassing’

FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny has said a drunken drive involving one of his deputies, which has now sparked a Garda probe, should not have happened.

He said it was embarrassing for his party and out of character for the deputy involved, PJ Sheehan.

Mr Kenny defended his handling of the affair and the fact Mr Sheehan only resigned from his deputy spokesman’s role on Monday, after the details of his threats to gardaí were reported in the media.