‘We have abandoned our values’

Text of letter from Senator Déirdre de Búrca to Green Party leader John Gormley

‘We have abandoned our values’
Sat, 13 Feb, 2010 - 00:00

Dear John,

I am writing to inform you of my intention to resign from the Green Party Parliamentary Party and from Seanad Éireann with immediate effect.

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