LABOUR PARTY CHIEF WHIP CALLS ON COLM KEAVENEY TO RESIGN CHAIRMANSHIP

Date Published: 14-Dec-2012

The Labour Party Chief Whip says Galway East TD Colm Keaveney's position as party chairman is untenable.

It's after he voted against the Government yesterday, during a debate on the Social Welfare Bill.

In the process, he lost the Government and Party Whips.

Labour Chief Whip, Emmett Stagg Deputy Keaveney should resign as Party Chairman.

However, Deputy Keaveney says he does not intend to resign his position as Labour Party Chair.