Harney warns PDs will quit a ‘spendthrift’ government

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney ruled out coalition at any price yesterday, warning that the PDs would not participate in a spendthrift Government.

Laying down the conditions under which her party would pull out of the Fianna Fáil-led administration, Ms Harney said this would happen “if we were to return to a tax and spend philosophy or put at risk our economic success”.

“The economy is fundamental,” she told Newstalk 106 radio’s Breakfast Show. “We would be very politically shortsighted if we were to engage in a spending spree.”