Incinerator vow - Why not your backyard Mr McDowell?

NAKED political opportunism is the charge confronting Tánaiste Michael McDowell following his declaration that the Progressive Democrats will not take part in any future Government which supports the incinerator planned for his Dublin constituency.

This political kite was floated by the Minister for Justice as he launched anti-stab vests for gardaí, before headed off to the opening day of An Bord Pleanála’s oral hearing into the proposed incinerator at Croke park, which the board decided on after more than 3,000 objections to the project.

By any standard, the McDowell stance on the incinerator is a blatant example of the NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard) syndrome.