Jack Murray
Inishowen Sinn Féin councillor Jack Murray has made a final appeal to voters saying that Friday’s elections had become much more important than parish pump politics and asked the people of Inishowen to make this election a referendum on austerity and vote for change.
Cllr Murray said: “Over the last three years I have worked tirelessly for the people of Inishowen. This work included:
“I established the unfinished estates working group in the peninsula. This led to the successful completion of many unfinished estates such as Ard Ban and while another motion will also successfully fix the sewerage problem in 3 estates in Bridgend this summer.
“I successfully prevented the council from accessing personal information to track those boycotting the household charge.
“Securing investment on many roads throughout Inishowen in order to improve road safety, including a road crossing in Muff which (despite many delays) will go ahead in June.
“I opposed all unfair budgets in Donegal County Council despite the risk of losing my seat in doing so.
“I have been an outspoken critic of St Patrick’s Day junkets to America.
“I have helped countless people gain improvements to their council homes and helped many people overturn incorrect decisions on social welfare, carer’s and medical card decisions.
“I have also secured thousands of euro to dozens of community and sporting groups throughout Inishowen.
“However, this local election has become much more than parish pump politics. It is an opportunity to have an impact on national government policy. It is on opportunity for the people to say, en masse, that enough is enough. This election can become a referendum on austerity.
“I would ask that you use your vote to oppose water charges and the property tax. Say that forced emigration is not a solution to the unemployment crisis and that it is not good enough for Donegal to be the only county in the state without access to rail. Say that we want that A5 so that we can have a dual carriageway connection to Dublin like every other region in Ireland.
“We should voice our anger that there is not a single cancer centre for excellence, in this state, above the Galway-Dublin line despite there being 8 below it.
“We have been ignored for so long by successive governments who have been supported by their colleagues in the council. This our chance to stand up for Donegal.
“We now need a strong collective voice which says that there is a better way. This can only be done by voting Sinn Fein. We are the only candidates who are asking for a mandate for a credible and fairer economic alternative.
“I hope that the people of Inishowen can endorse that alternative next Friday and I would appeal to voters to vote for myself, Ciaran Mclaughlin and Albert Doherty in the local elections and vote for Matt Carthy in the European election.”
