Fianna Fáil withdraw whip from Flynn

Beverly Flynn TD, who failed in a libel action against the RTE broadcasting service, tonight lost the parliamentary whip of the Fianna Fail main Dublin coalition government party.

The 116-strong parliamentary party accepted, without a vote, a motion proposed by leader and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern to take the whip from Beverley Flynn, who represents the Mayo constituency in the Dail.