Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty

"Pearse Doherty has delivered one of the best and most passionate speeches seen in the Dáil in years"

– Slugger O'Toole

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Sinn Féin Finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty TD’s Budget speech to the Dáil, 7th December 2010

MINISTER, this budget is a disgrace.

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WE, as people who share the island of Ireland, affirm, in common with the Irish Diaspora and friends of Ireland everywhere, our commitment to live in peace and harmony with one another.
We welcome the progress made in the past decade and a half in building and developing the Peace Process into a Political Process which has seen power shared for the first time between unionists,... Free article

THE election of Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty as TD for Donegal South-West and the massive rally in Dublin on Saturday, November 28th, show in the clearest terms that people have rejected the Fianna Fáil/Green Party Government, its four-year plan and its proposed austerity Budget.
They have also rejected IMF interference in Ireland.
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BY KATHRYN REILLY

THE deflationary policies of the past three Budgets didn’t work. They lengthened and deepened the recession which, in turn, defeated deficit-reduction efforts.
Why should we expect future deflationary policies to result in anything substantially different?
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‘Bridging the Border, Reconnecting Communities’ launched in Monaghan

NEWLY-ELECTED Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty joined Gerry Adams MP and Cavan/Monaghan TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin in Monaghan Town on Monday night, November 29th, to launch ‘Bridging the Border, Reconnecting Communities’, a major Sinn Féin initiative aimed at resolving problems associated with the border.
The... Free article

PEARSE DOHERTY, TEACHTA DÁLA | ‘I HAVE A MANDATE TO OPPOSE ANTI-PEOPLE BUDGET’

SINN FÉIN’S newest TD, Pearse Doherty, took his seat in the Dáil on Tuesday 30th November, just a few days after his election by the people of Donegal South-West.
And he started his Dáil term by repeating Sinn Féin’s call for ministers’ salaries to be cut by 40% and TDs’ pay by 20%.
At a press... Free article

Sinn Féin warned about Government’s ‘boom and bust’ policies years ago

BRIAN LENIHAN, Fianna Fáil Finance Minister, has enraged countless thousands of people with his claim in an interview with RTÉ TV’s Prime Time programme: “Let’s be fair about this - we all partied.”
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Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?

g BY LAURA FRIEL

NORTH AND SOUTH, jobless and waged, the ordinary people of Ireland are under attack.
In the North. Britain’s Tory-led coalition is attempting to lower wage levels by criminalising unemployment.
Meanwhile, the South is facing wholesale pauperisation as the bankrupt Fianna Fáil administration capitulates to... Free article

Anois ar theacht an tSamraidh

BY GERRY ADAMS MP
At the count centre in Stranorlar

SENATOR Pearse Doherty is about to be declared the new Teachta Dála for Donegal South-West.
Everybody here knows that.
But before it becomes a reality the votes have to be counted. The place is buzzing. Over a hundred members of the media - some say as many as 153 - including many international... Free article

Sinn Féin win signals potential of coming general election

BY ROBBIE SMYTH

“WE asked people to stand up for Donegal. We asked people to stand up for Ireland. We asked them to vote against the cuts coming down in the budget, the bail-out from the IMF, and the four year plan.” This was new Sinn Féin TD for Donegal South-West Pearse Doherty speaking before entering the count... Free article