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THE Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern could be facing outright revolt in Clare if the feelings of his county council- lors are an indication of the mood within the party.
Though the majority of Clare county councillors from Fianna Fail and the Green Party would not only expect the Government TDs from the western region to resign the whip, many are prepared to see the Government fall over the issue.
Just six of Clare’s county coun- cillors from the government par- ties said they did not believe that the TDs of the area should resign their seat 1f a link between Shannon and London-Heathrow is not main- tained, and one of the councillors answered no only because the sug- gestion did not go far enough.
West Clare councillor Bill Cham- bers (FF) said the TDs should be prepared to resign before a vote of the issue is even taken and let Ber- tie Ahern know they are prepared to vote against the government on the issue of Shannon.
“That is letting them off the hook, there is no point resigning after.
They need to force the vote on the S)areveb ae) sm Re one
The issue of using the Govern- ment 25 per cent Aer Lingus share was not as clear a resigning matter for the Clare councillors.
Ennis councillor Peter Considine said it was not a yes/no answer and felt that the other two questions on