‘Stupid’ mistakes made in Seanad selection

The Government behaved in an "underhand" way during the Cronygate controversy, Fine Gael’s chief whip has admitted.

Paul Kehoe said the affair, which led to the Coalition losing its majority in the Seanad, was one of a number of self-inflicted “stupid mistakes” that littered 2014.

The political storm erupted after it emerged John McNulty had been appointed to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Imma) by Arts Minister Heather Humphreys just six days before Enda Kenny nominated him to stand for a vacancy on the cultural panel of the upper house.