Socialist Party get their first councillor in the North
Sep 4 2009 09:12
In the Irish News today that Fermanagh District Sinn Fein councillor Domhnall O Cobhthaigh is joining the Socialist Party.
Sep 4 2009 09:47
#2
the SP might have to start setting up Irish language classes too
Sep 4 2009 10:15
#3
Why would anyone speak that contemptible dead tongue?
Sep 4 2009 10:23
#4
Is 'dead tongue' not some weird Free State cow disease??
SP can draw a prize for the shortest spell in the mighty office that is Fermanagh District Council, apparently he's resigned from the Council as well as SF.
Sep 4 2009 11:28
#5
actually, he was co-opted so it was never his seat to begin with
Sep 4 2009 18:15
#6
1) He's not going to be a councillor for the Socialist Party. He resigned his Council seat on the basis that he hadn't been elected to it (he was co-opted by Sinn Fein) and therefore couldn't justify taking it with him.
2) The Socialist Party actually had a councillor in the North at one point previously, an independent socialist who joined and then eventually left.
3) I don't know if O'Cobhthaigh has a particular interest in the Irish language, but given that the main public face of the SP is a Gaeltacht born native speaker who regularly uses the language, it's hardly something that would cause problems in the SP.
This is a real kick in the teeth for Sinn Fein, as Domhnall was very well known internally as one of their most radical voices.
Fucking hell, along with the amount they're losing to éirigi this doesn't bode well for the sinners. That said, wtf are eirigi doing putting motions to Dublin City Council calling for the ban of plastic bullets in Belfast.