McDaid is quitting politics but will still draw his Dáil salary

DR JIM MCDAID has apparently decided to quit active politics with immediate effect. He has stated that he is already concentrating on his medical practice.

It seems he thinks his political talents are not appreciated and are no longer likely to be recognised following his conviction for drunken driving last year. He was driving the wrong way on a dual-carriageway with well over the legal alcohol limit in his blood. As a result, he realised that he had no chance of getting back into Government and has obviously lost interest in politics.

“Let me call a spade a spade,” he said this week. “The drunk-driving situation put the cap on that.” Henceforth, he realised, he was “always going to be, basically, voting fodder”.