Pressure mounts on Tánaiste from FG ministers

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald faces mounting pressure from her Fine Gael ministerial colleagues after fresh information around her knowledge of the Maurice McCabe scandal emerged.

Crisis-hit Fine Gael will have all their candidates selected by Thursday if a snap general election is called.

As further revelations emerged around Ms Fitzgerald’s knowledge of the campaign to discredit Mauirce McCabe before the O’Higgins commission, Fine Gael HQ sprung into action with 18 selection conventions organised for both last night and tonight.