Behan: I had to face up to what's right

A Fianna Fáil TD quit the party tonight in the first signs of a major backbench revolt over the Government's controversial Budget reforms.

Bray-based Joe Behan, who was elected to the Dail last year, told Taoiseach Brian Cowen he could no longer support the coalition branding planned cutbacks in education and on medical cards a betrayal.