Sir, – As a member of Fine Gael in the Dublin Mid-West constituency, I acknowledge Cllr Therese Ridge’s resignation from my party (Home News, July 7th), however, she misses the point.
Following the Mahon report, which described payments to Ms Ridge, as “entirely improper”, she needs to resign from office and apologise to those who trusted her with their vote – and she should not receive or accept the €40,000 severance that councillors receive. – Yours, etc,