PDs face rule change to allow non-TDs run for leader

AN internal committee of the Progressive Democrats has recommended changing the party rules to allow senators and councillors to become leader.

Such a change would pave the way for Senator Fiona O’Malley to succeed Mary Harney as leader in the coming months. The existing rules stipulate that only TDs can lead the party.

But the PDs have just two TDs following their disastrous general election — Ms Harney and Noel Grealish.