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Sat 03 Mar 2009Fine Gael withdraws from 'Late Late Show'
FINE GAEL withdrew from last night’s Late Late Showdiscussion on the Seanad because RTÉ had refused to allow the party to replace Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames on the panel with Dublin Central byelection candidate Senator Paschal Donohoe.
“Given this astonishing approach to dealing with this issue and the rejection of the main Opposition party’s designated spokesman, Fine Gael regrets that it will not be participating in tonight’s show. Even at this late stage, if the Late Late Show will accept the Fine Gael party’s agreed spokesman, the party would review the position,” a Fine Gael statement said last night.
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