Rabbitte targets ‘despised’ coalition in Euro campaign

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte yesterday sought to cash in on the Government’s “record of broken promises” as he launched his party’s European election campaign in Dublin.

Predicting an “even bigger hammering” for Fianna Fáil than commentators were anticipating, Mr Rabbitte said the present Government was as despised and distrusted as any since the beginning of the State.

“It is actually hard to meet someone on the campaign trail who cannot refer to a broken promise, a lie or an act of callousness or incompetence that they attribute to the present Cabinet,” he said.