Gormley reeling after de Búrca attack

JOHN Gormley was left reeling last night after one of his own senators accused him of selling out Green principles for the trappings of power because he cannot stand up to Brian Cowen.

Déirdre de Búrca launched a scathing, highly personal attack on the Environment Minister in a resignation statement – branding him a stooge of Fianna Fáil.

She insisted he had let the Greens abandon their values and integrity in Government to the extent the party was now “paralysed” due to a fear of a voter backlash at the next election.