Speaking from Dublin following Senator Pearse Doherty’s High Court victory against the government’s refusal to hold the Donegal South West by-election Sinn Fein Vice President Mary Lou McDonald said, “the writing is on the wall for Fianna Fáil and the Green’s. This government needs to step up by stepping down.”
“Now is the time to put equality, honesty, and radicalism back into Irish politics. The current economic crisis demands radically different solutions. Taxing the wealthy is a radical solution. Capping top public servants' wages is a radical solution. Cutting unemployment payments and taxing those on the lowest incomes is not radical – it’s despicable.
“Following Senator Doherty’s High Court victory this morning Sinn Féin’s TD’s immediately tabled a Dáil motion for the writ for the Donegal South-West by-election to be moved. But the ramifications of the High Court judgment go beyond forcing the government to hold a by-election seventeen months in the waiting. It is yet another damning indictment against this government’s administration of cronyism and self-interest. Fianna Fáil and the Green’s are currently white knuckle rafting with one simple objective, to keep their respective party kayaks afloat.
“No-one has confidence in this government, and the reality is with 4 outstanding by-elections and tumbling popularity polls Fianna Fáil and the Green’s have no legitimate mandate. The EU Commission is sending in Oli Rehn to Dublin on Sunday to oversee the states fiscal policy, the yield on Irish 10-year bonds is now up to a staggering 7.4%, the President of the High Court has today described the government’s refusal to hold the Donegal by-election as ‘unprecedented’ and everywhere you look ordinary people are organising against the government’s inequitable budgetary plans. The appetite for a change is rife and the time for that change in now.” ENDS
