Rabbitte glad of McDowell attack on FG/Labour

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte said last night he took comfort from a blistering attack by Justice Minister Michael McDowell on the prospect of a Fine Gael/Labour government.

Minister McDowell, speaking at a one-day Progressive Democrat party meeting, warned of economic disaster if Labour and FG were returned to power, and he referred to Pat Rabbitte’s property tax proposals.

Mr Rabbitte, speaking in Limerick, said he was concerned when he heard Mr McDowell tell a summer school that he would be prepared to serve with Fine Gael and Labour in government if that was the way the next election result fell.