FF senator won’t vote on Bertie banishment

The Fianna Fáil senator who abstained on a vote to move to expel Bertie Ahern from the party has said she will not vote on the actual motion next week and that people are jumping on the bandwagon over the findings of the Mahon Report.

Senator Mary White was one of just two people who abstained this week from a party vote on whether to move to expel the former taoiseach Bertie Ahern from Fianna Fáil. The other abstainer was party member Kathryn Byrne.

The fallout from the inquiry will see Fianna Fáil vote on the expulsion of Mr Ahern next Friday, as well as a motion to kick out former minister Pádraig Flynn and three former councillors.