Changing parties: TD’s outrage is misplaced

I WAS very interested in your report headlined “Fine Gael recruits ‘politically promiscuous’ Keating” (July 9) — in particular the accusations of Green Party deputy Paul Gogarty.

As a young adult in school with developing political interest, I joined Fianna Fáil and in the 1980s I was a branch member of the PDs. It is remiss of Deputy Gogarty to exaggerate my relationships with both parties and his outrage is ironic given his support for Fianna Fáil and the PDs in government.

In your report, Deputy Gogarty referred to how the 1980s saw “the worst excesses of corrupt and politically manipulated rezoning”.