Flannery ‘unlikely’ to have role in FG election drive

Controversial political strategist Frank Flannery is unlikely to be given an official role in Fine Gael’s re-election drive, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has indicated.

Speculation that the former adviser to Mr Kenny was to be brought back into the fold divided opinion in Government ranks.

Mr Flannery left his backroom role in Fine Gael after becoming embroiled in controversy which engulfed the charity Rehab which he headed for a quarter of a century.