Game is up for Government after High Court election defeat – Pearse Doherty

SPEAKING today after the High Court ruled in favour of his challenge against the Government’s delay in holding the Donegal South-West by-election, Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty said the game is now up for the Government and that the Taoiseach should call a general election.

Senator Doherty said today’s judgement is a victory for the people of Donegal South-West who have been politically underrepresented for the past year-and-a-half.

Pearse Doherty said:

I was forced to bring the Government kicking and screaming before the courts over its denial of democracy.

Today’s decision is a great victory for the people of Donegal South-West who have been politically underrepresented for the past year-and-a-half.

It is a victory for democracy itself.

That the Government chose to waste taxpayers’ money fighting this case is a disgrace.

Today’s court decision has struck a fatal blow to the life of this Government.

With three other by-elections now due, the Government has little if any prospect of survival. The game is now up.

The Taoiseach should now do the right thing and call a general election.

I want to thank my legal team and everyone who sent messages of support, particularly those from my own constituency who have been suffering from the dreadful policies of this Government.