Frustrated Green candidates launch bitter attacks on opponents

THE Green Party’s European candidates have revealed the depth of their frustration with opponents.

Senator Dan Boyle, who is standing for the party in Ireland South, launched a scathing attack on the Labour Party candidate, Senator Alan Kelly, suggesting that he was abusing his Oireachtas position.

Senator Deirdre de Burca, who is standing for the Greens in Dublin, criticised the party’s former MEP, Patricia McKenna, running as an Independent in the same constituency.