Derek Mackay to make Holyrood appearance for grilling over 'ferries fiasco'

Derek Mackay will make a rare public appearance this week when he is grilled by MSPs over the 'ferries fiasco'

FORMER minister Derek Mackay will give evidence to a committee of MSPs probing the so-called ferries fiasco this week.

Mackay, who served as finance secretary from 2018 to 2020 until it was revealed he had bombarded a teenage boy with inappropriate texts, will make a rare public appearance when he appears before Holyrood’s public audit committee on Thursday.