McDowell should stop posturing on Bertie issue
Statement by Green Party Chairman John Gormley TD
“Michael McDowell’s comments earlier today on Bertie Ahern’s financial affairs provide yet another example of the PD leader’s penchant for political posturing. Only a number of days ago he stated that he was happy with Ahern’s leadership, and that the Taoiseach had fully briefed him last Autumn.
“Many people will recall McDowell’s vacillations during that period. People will also recall that the PD Leader only supported the Taoiseach when it became clear there was a certain amount of public sympathy for him.
“Now that the public and PD voters in particular have expressed concern on the doorsteps about Mr Ahern’s peculiar financial arrangements, Michael McDowell is back to his old trick of pretending to hold the Taoiseach to account.
“For the last five years the PD ‘enforcer’ has acted like the Tammy Wynette of Irish politics, standing by his man. The threat of a last-minute divorce won’t fool anyone,” concluded Deputy Gormley.