‘Being afraid of what happened to Labour or Greens is cop out for smaller parties’, TD says

Being “afraid of what happened to Labour or the Greens” in government is a “cop out” for smaller parties, according to a newly-elected Independent Ireland TD.

Ken O’Flynn, from Cork North-Central, is the party’s newest TD, joining Michael Collins, Michael Fitzmaurice and Richard O’Donoghue.

In an interview with BreakingNews.ie, Mr O’Flynn said: “We’re not stupid enough to think we’ll get everything. We know there has to be compromise. We’re not afraid of going into government.

“The Greens lost their seats because of their policies, Labour did the same because of their water charge policies and not listening to the people. I think it’s a very cynical view to take that if you’re the junior partner you always get screwed.

“The prime example of that is the Progressive Democrats, who went into government with Fianna Fáil twice and came back with more seats because they were a watchdog, and they promoted themselves as a watchdog.

“We’d like to be a similar watchdog for government…

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