Rabbitte warning on PD ‘selfish agenda’

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte last night accused Tánaiste Michael McDowell of wanting to build a “selfish society” that would strip Ireland of social justice.

Opening his party’s two-day summit in Cork, Mr Rabbitte pledged to launch a crackdown on crime, renew the health service and improve childcare.

Mr Rabbitte also moved to reassure those in Labour ranks — uncomfortable with the closeness of the party’s alliance with Fine Gael — that a Rainbow government would be firmly of the “centre-left”.