Cork North Central Dáil candidate Councillor Jonathan O'Brien

Jonathan O'Brien

COUNCILLOR Jonathan O’Brien has been unanimously selected to contest the constituency of Cork North Central at the next general election.

He was nominated by Councillor Thomas Gould and seconded by Councillor Chris O’Leary.
Accepting the nomination, Jonathan O’Brien said:

Never before has politics in this country been so obviously bankrupt. There is a crying need for change.

The Government has announced it will be pouring further billions into the country’s zombie banks. The people who will pay for this – through pay cuts, reduced services and higher taxes – are ordinary Irish citizens. Tonight many of them are asking ‘When is this going to stop?’
This banking crisis is not some act of God that is beyond the government’s control. It is the result of bad decisions and bad policy. What the Government is doing – imposing a possible €4billion in cuts in services so it can hand over the money to international speculators who invested in Anglo Irish Bank – is criminal.
The next election will be a referendum on the Government’s handling of the economy. A vote for Sinn Féin is a vote to get Fianna Fáil out. It is also a vote for a party that will put the interests of Irish citizens first and will not be bullied by EU commissioners or international bondholders.