METRO FREE Monday, September 14, 2009 VSO urgently needs experienced teachers to volunteer their skills in Africa & Asia www.vso.ie Text VSO to 51500 to register your interest. (standard SMS costs apply SP-PUCA 01 2186831 PO Box 10975, Dublin 4) HELP METRO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER TO- INSIDE TODAY See MetroLife: Page 12 Win tickets to see Morrissey at the National Stadum See Page 3 Tins aint what they seem. Art made from cans PLUS Whats on TV tonight Pages 14-15 Senior managers at State training agency Fs were last night under pressure to follow the board of directors in resigning over the overspending scandal. The 17-member board is preparing to stand down en masse after an investigation revealed millions of euro in taxpayers money was wasted, chairman Peter McLoone revealed. But Fine Gaels employment spokesman Leo Varadkar in- sisted top bosses were to blame for out-of-control budgets, uncovered last week by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), must also be forced to resign. Senior executives in Fss corporate affairs division who were directly responsible for the type of reckless spending that the C&AG has criticised severely should also be held ac- countable for their actions, he said. Mr McLoone signalled the board of directors will meet and formally announce they are standing down. im satisfied that the board will decide that it should step down and co-operate fully with an orderly transition to a new board, he said. Tnaiste Mary Coughlan, who has the power to sack the bosses but refused to do so, has already said she would accept their resignations if offered. Mr McLoone, who is also the general secretary of trade un- ion impact, said there was no instruction from the Govern- ment for the 17 directors to resign. insisting they remained fit to serve, the chairman said they were resigning because they did not want the misspending scandal to detract from the work of Fs. Speaking on rT radio, Mr McLoone said the current board had strengthened oversight at the agency and introduced prac- tices to prevent a repeat of what had happened before. A report by public spending watchdog the C&AG revealed millions of euro was overspent by Fs bosses on advertising and promotions between 2002 and 2008. Appointed in January 2006, the present board was sched- uled to run until December 2010. BY BRIAN HUTTON Scandal-hit Fs directors to quit Hundreds of cyclists cross the Liffey yesterday to launch the Dublin bicycle scheme. More than 2,000 people have signed up for the dublinbikes service, which makes available 450 bikes stationed at 40 bases around the city. Call to extend bicycle scheme to the suburbs Full story: Page 4 Picture: PA PEDAL POWER index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html