PDs as morally bankrupt as their allies

WHAT has happened to political integrity in the Progressive Democrats since Des O’Malley took a back seat in the organisation?

Since the 1997 election, the survival instinct may have forced them to cling to Fianna Fáil, holding their noses in the face of a long string of tribunal scandals and ministerial incompetence.

In those circumstances, some element of compromise of their supposedly high standards could be regarded as inevitable.