Corporate donations a coalition ‘pull-out’ issue

BANNING corporate donations to political parties will be a key demand of the Greens’ support for Fianna Fáil and a “pulling out of Government issue”.

Delegates at the party conference voted strongly in favour of introducing legislation which would prevent builders or bankers, for example, from giving any money to political parties.

Their ballot also set a deadline of next January for the Greens to secure this demand from Fianna Fáil, who delegates said will “do anything to prevent this”.