Where are the candidates who will lead the PDs into greater Europe?

IF the delegates making their way to the Progressive Democrats’ annual conference in Killarney were the equivalent of shareholders gathering for the annual general meeting of a publicly quoted company, there is one question which this analyst would be suggesting they ask those at the top table: will the PDs field any candidates in the upcoming European elections?

With less than 80 days to go to polling day they have not yet declared a candidate for any of the four European constituencies.

This is significant in its own right and undermines whatever ambitions they might have to grow as a genuinely national party.