“… The PDs will cease to exist shortly. The party no longer accepts State funding and all that remains is for its financial affairs to be wound up before a letter is sent to the clerk of the Dáil formalising the party’s demise. That is expected to happen within weeks, a party spokesman said yesterday. This evening the party archives will be officially presented to UCD at a ceremony in Newman House, Dublin. The former leaders of the party, Des O’Malley, Mary Harney and Michael McDowell, are expected to attend, as are founding member and trustee Paul McKay and former minister Bobby Molloy …” (more)
[Stephen Collins, Irish Times, 10 June]