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Buncrana man will ‘change Donegal
politics’ - McGuinness
10.04.07
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Politics in Donegal
will “never be the same again” after the next
general election, according to Sinn Fein’s Martin
McGuinness.
The North’s Deputy First Minister designate made his
comments during his oration at the Easter Sunday
Commemoration in Drumboe.
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“The gap between the
wealthy and the rest of the population is continuing
to widen. The apparent apathy with which the people
view politics here is the result of the failure of
the political process and so, old guard politicians
must accept responsibility for all of that,” said
Mr. McGuinness, MP, MLA. |
“Here in Donegal, two
young exciting politicians, Padraig MacLochlainn and
Pearse Doherty are about to change all of that.
Politics in Donegal, in Ireland, will never be the
same again. That is why the people in greater
numbers are seeing Sinn Féin as the real
alternative.”
Mr. McGuinness described the two local councillors
as “excellent candidates”.
“Politically, socially and economically, Derry,
Donegal and Tyrone have been deeply scarred by
partition. Because of the partition of our country
we have lost many close friends of the calibre of
the Drumboe martyrs. “As we gather here on this
Easter Sunday you can take great pride in the fact
that Sinn Fein's peace strategy and increasing
electoral support is directly and successfully
challenging all of that,” he said, adding that Sinn
Fein’s goal was to “create a United Ireland that
delivers real social and economic change”.
He said Conor Murphy, as Minister of Regional
Development, would oversee the construction of the
proposed motorway from Dublin to Derry and
Letterkenny.
“Here in Donegal you have two excellent candidates
in Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLochlainn,” he
added.
“We are the party with the vision, strategy and
policies to achieve Irish unity, independence and
sovereignty. It is an honourable goal, it is an
achievable goal and it is a just and democratic
goal.” |
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