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6 March 2014

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Spiky election video pricks Labour leader’s thorny past and present

Labour neighbour: Eamon Gilmore

The video was posted on Facebook by Sinn Féin candidate Shane O’Brien, standing in Killiney/Shankill

A VIDEO by local election candidate Shane O’Brien – standing in the ward where Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore lives – might provoke a spiky reaction from his neighbour with its highlighting of a litany of broken promises by the Labour Party in Government and a dig at the Labour leader’s Workers’ Party past.

Shane O'Brien

'The Labour Rose' video was posted on his Facebook page by Sinn Féin candidate Shane O’Brien (right), standing in the Killiney/Shankill ward of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, the ward where the Labour Party leader lives.

Shane O'Brien says:

"I have lived in the area all my life. I work as a production engineer and volunteer with a range of projects in my locality.

"Through my work as a volunteer in the community, I have seen first-hand the effects that austerity is having on our services and facilities.

"This led me to join Sinn Féin as a credible and viable alternative to continued cutbacks and the implementation of unjust and unfair taxes such as the Property Tax or the upcoming Water Charges."

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