Taoiseach and his chief whip need to sing from the same hymn sheet

Asked if she may have to stand down Regina Doherty said: ‘The principle is more important than the job’, writes Alison O’Connor

THERE are many issues on the political plate of Taoiseach Enda Kenny as he begins the new year but one of the most pressing is what to do about his Government Chief Whip Regina Doherty.

Ms Doherty has had, in political terms, what can be described as a train wreck of a few weeks in terms of her utterances to the media.