More FF members resign in wake of report

Two more Fianna Fáil members criticised in the damning Mahon Tribunal report resigned from the party yesterday ahead of a motion to expel them later this week.

This brings to four the number who have left Fianna Fáil after a pledge by party leader Micheál Martin that swift action would be taken following the report. Ex-taoiseach Bertie Ahern and former EU commissioner Pádraig Flynn officially resigned on Monday.

The party confirmed yesterday that former TD GV Wright and former senator and councillor Don Lydon had tendered letters of resignation to the party’s headquarters.