‘I’m disappointed things seem to be as they were’

COMMUNITY and business groups have expressed disappointment at the failure of Labour and Fine Gael to meet promises after an investigation by the Irish Examiner revealed undelivered pledges made at the local elections.

Former Government coalition partners the Green Party also warned about the use of “auction politics” by the opposition parties after the probe revealed a string of unfulfilled pledges made to voters.

The Cork mother of a boy with a prosthetic leg said she was angry that the expected downgrading of St Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital was not being stopped.