Shatter slams Dermot Ahern

Fine Gael health spokesperson, Alan Shatter, has hit back at earlier Fianna Fail criticism of Fine Gael's leadership, launching a scathing attack on Dermot Ahern's earlier comments.

"It's clear that as Dermot Ahern and Fianna Fail reach the anniversary of their fifth year in office, they are cracking under the pressure and scrambling for cover because of the Government's failure to hatch a plan at Ballymacscanlan to resolve the crisis in the health service," he said.