FF ad dismisses PDs’ role in budget

THE strained relations between Fianna Fáil (FF) and the Progressive Demo-crats (PDs) took another turn for the worse yesterday, when the FF director of elections in Limerick East put out a newspaper advertisement dismissing the role of the junior government partner.

The advertisement, carried in local newspapers, has pictures of the three constituency candidates: Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea, outgoing TD, Peter Power, and councillor, Noreen Ryan.

The advertisement contained the following message: “Beware parties now making promises. Beware parties now claiming they gave increases in recent budget.”