O'Rourke accepts apology from O'Leary

Opposition parties are continuing to demand the resignation of Aer Rianta board member Dermot O'Leary after the Minister for Public Enterprise again refused to sack him.

Mary O'Rourke last night accepted an apology from the Fianna Fail fundraiser over the special treatment given to Liam Lawlor at Dublin Airport.

Mr O'Leary insisted in a letter to Mrs O'Rourke that he only allowed Lawlor to use the private exit at the airport on humanitarian grounds.

However, Fine Gael TD Jim Higgins said his party would be putting forward a Private Members Bill when the Dail resumes, demanding Mr O'Leary's dismissal.