Youth Vote Could Decide Bye Election

Dearbhail Peoples
Ógra Shinn Féin
Lifford, Donegal

The Donegal South West bye election taking place this Thursday 25th November, is a hugely important poll that will help determine our future, both locally and nationally.

Young people will play a key role in this election, their vote could help decide the very future of Ireland.

The bye election will be dominated by the economy, in particular the Budget.

The December budget is the harshest in the history of the state, proposing over 6Billion Euro of Cuts, many of which will hit low and middle income earning families, while the bankers who created the crisis are rewarded with increased pensions.

We have a big choice when we cast our votes this Thursday, do we back the parties supporting the budget, namely Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour?

Or do we back the only party credibly opposing the budget, Sinn Féin?

While the other parties are giving the nod and wink to all manner of cuts targeting those most in need, Sinn Féin are putting forward grounded proposals on how we invest and work our way back to prosperity.

While the other parties are providing an open door to the IMF in selling our democracy, our very sovereignty down the drain, essentially surrendering the state to international money lenders,
Sinn Féin are opposing this and putting forward coherent and realistic proposals that avoids this criminal usurpation of our sovereignty.

Sinn Féin have constantly stood up for young people, we are the party that have called for job creation and free education, ensuring our most important asset, our young people are not forced to emigrate like countless generations before.

Pearse Doherty has been the youthful and vocal voice of Sinn Féin in opposing education cuts, in campaigning against youth unemployment and the cuts to social welfare payments to young people unable to get a job.

Pearse has also been key in leading Sinn Féin's taskforce on Irish Unity, re-igniting the debate on a United Ireland and articulating why now more than ever unity makes sense, doing away with the billions of wasted resources that comes with duplication of services, and the huge drain and division it has created in border areas like Donegal South West.

If your thinking 'what difference would my vote make?' look no further than this year's election in Fermanagh/South Tyrone when Michelle Gildernew got elected by only 4 votes.

One person's vote can make the difference in this election, YOU can make that difference.

This Thursday, stand up for Donegal, for the Irish people, and our collective futures by voting for Pearse Doherty!