Given FF’s record, we should not be surprised about Callely’s actions

IVOR Callely is being investigated by committee of Fianna Fáil for “conduct unbecoming a member” of the party.

The mind boggles at what could be considered unbecoming conduct, because the party has demonstrated that it is prepared to betray all responsibility in its efforts to retain power.

In the late 1980s Charles Haughey used the Leader’s Fund to launder money on his own behalf, thanks largely to the behaviour of Bertie Ahern. From 1984 to 1992 the state contributed £1.05m to the Leader’s Fund, and Haughey topped it up to £1.5m with money donated for Fianna Fáil, or for the expenses of the late Brian Lenihan’s liver transplant in the United States.