Taoiseach threatens legal action against TD over FitzPatrick row

THE simmering row over Brian Cowen’s concealment of contacts with Anglo bosses saw the Taoiseach threaten legal action against a fellow TD in the Dáil yesterday.

Sinn Féin’s Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin’s demands to know why the Taoiseach had kept quiet about his golfing day out and dinner with Anglo chief Sean FitzPatrick and other bank officials and a financial regulator, provoked an angry response from the Taoiseach.

Mr Cowen said that if the deputy had any allegations of wrong-doing, he should not “abuse” Dáil privilege.