CORI priest says policies do not equal bankruptcy

A SOCIAL justice campaigning priest yesterday rejected claims by outgoing Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy that the economic policies of the Conference of Religious in Ireland would bankrupt the economy.

Father Sean Healy, director of CORI’s Justice Commission, who has frequently criticised the Government for failing to tackle social exclusion, addressed last week’s Fianna Fail strategy meeting in Inchydoney, West Cork, on his vision of a fairer society.

But he and others were accused by Minister McCreevy yesterday of talking nonsense on the economy.