Progressive Democrats set to target 12 Dáil seats

THE Progressive Democrats will outline their bid to win 12 Dáil seats in the next general election campaign at the party’s annual conference in Cork this weekend.

The party doubled its Dáil representation to eight TDs in the last election but were disappointed by their local election results in 2004 when they failed to win any extra council seats.

Progressive Democrats chairman John Higgins said: “We were disappointed not to increase our 31 council seats last year, our candidates were not rewarded for their strong campaigns.”