Deasy backs embattled McGuinness

Claims that powerful forces are at work to oust the head of a parliamentary public spending watchdog have been backed by a Government TD.

Fine Gael’s John Deasy turned on his own party to support Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness, who has alleged senior figures within the civil service are plotting to remove him from the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).