SENATOR Pearse Doherty of Sinn Féin has said the Fianna Fáil candidate in the Donegal South-West by-election cannot detach himself from Government failures and attacks on people's living standards – even if he is a nice guy.

Pearse Doherty said:

Brian Ó Domhnaill is a nice fella but he simply cannot remove himself from this government which did everything in its power to prevent... Free article

SUNDAY TIMES Ireland Editor Frank Fitzgibbon has more media resources than most when it comes to putting his point of view or developing his own agendas. In the paper he has his own weekly half-page of space to tell us of the world according to Frank.

It is usually lightweight stuff, occasionally humorous where he focuses on some aspect of the week's news, rightly often poking... Free article

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At least one party gets it

Michael Taft of progressive think tank TASC looks at Sinn Féin's pre-Budget submission

WITH the political consensus obsessed with a €15 billion deflationary juggernaut, it’s a relief that one party gets it. Sinn Féin’s pre-budget submission argues for a major stimulus programme combined with a growth-friendly... Free article

NEWSPAPER editorials and analysis following Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty’s stunning High Court victory on the Donegal South-West by-election delay must have made uncomfortable reading for Fianna Fáil but especially for their milksop Green Party partners in power.

Here’s some of what some of the print media said.

The Irish Times

Miriam Lord’s Dáil Sketch

That wasn’t too... Free article

COMMENTING on the trial of Vincent McAnespie and Gerry McGeough which continues in Belfast this week, Sinn Féin Dáil leader and Cavan/MonaghanTD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said:

It is now over three and a half years since the arrest of Vincent McAnespie and Gerry McGeough and their subsequent charging. As I stated at the time, this caused justifiable outrage among republicans throughout... Free article

IT WASN'T a surprise that Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable asked Ofcom, the British media super regulator, to investigate the proposed take by News Corporation of BSkyB.

At present, News Corporation owns a range of media firms including 20^th Century Fox, Fox TV, My Space, Times Newspapers, the News of the World and Sun papers, The Wall Street Journal and Harper... Free article

THE so-called Independent Monitoring Commission is to be shut down after six years. Sinn Féin Assembly member John O’Dowd said that the decision to do away with the unnecessary and expensive quango was long overdue.

The IMC should never have been formed in the first place. It was an expensive and unnecessary safety blanket for unionism and a tool of the British security services... Free article

WE have an awful lot of talk from our media stars – be that Messrs  Marian Finucane, Pat Kenny, Ryan Tubrity or Joe Duffy – on how we might get the country out of the mess it is in. They are all paid from the public purse. Is it right that they are paid the massive sums of money they receive?

Imagine if they were to lead the way in the public sector and say they will only take... Free article

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... Free article