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'Don't be cheerleader
senators' SF tells FF
14.09.07
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Donegal's Sinn Féin
senator yesterday urged the two Fianna Fáil senators
not to be "cheerleaders" for the Government but to
put the needs of the county first. |
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Senator Pearse Doherty
made his call on the day he made history by becoming
his party's first Seanad member. He joined Senators
Cecilia Keaveney and Brian O'Domhnaill of Fianna
Fáil as they took their seats for the first time.
The three will give Donegal its highest ever level
of representation in the Upper House.
Senator Doherty said he wanted to work with
Senators Keaveney and O'Domhnaill on issues of
common interest and importance to Donegal.
"The question arises whether the two
Government senators will be merely |
cheerleaders for
the Government or will they really challenge the
Government to deliver for Donegal?" he said.
"If they aren't going to take up that mantle, then
it rests with me as the only Opposition senator
within the Seanad from Donegal to make sure that the
voices of those communities that are being left
behind are heard loud and clear." |
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