Mayo TD not being demoted from FF frontbench

THE Fianna Fàil party has confirmed that Mayo TD Lisa Chambers will not be demoted from the party's front bench.

In a statement, the party said leader Michèal Martin has accepted an explanation from the Castlebar deputy in regard to how she inadvertently voted in the name of her constituency colleague Dara Calleary in the Dàil last week as she was sitting in her seat.

Deputy Chambers said she was tired and made a genuine mistake, but she also voted in her own name after realising the mistake.

She said her error could not be compared to the situation involved party TDs Timmy Dooley and Niall Collins, both of whom have been demoted.