FF senator admits party breached ethics

A FIANNA Fáil senator has admitted her party breached political ethics and has said there is now no place for those who carried around suitcases of cash or claimed expenses for holiday homes.

Newly-elected Senator Averil Power went on to suggest Fianna Fáil had “destroyed trust” among the people. She also insisted it was no longer acceptable for party members to refuse to answer questions about unorthodox financial arrangements.

Speaking at the MacGill Summer School in Donegal, Ms Power said the collapse in the FF vote had happened before the recent general election. She praised FF leader Micheál Martin’s attempts to rejuvenate the party with plans to run a candidate under 30 in every ward in 2014 local elections.